DASH for asthma: A pilot study of the DASH diet in not-well-controlled adult asthma

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 55-67

  Ma, Jun ^a,b   Strub, Peg ^c   Lavori, Phillip W ^b   Buist, A Sonia ^d   Camargo, Carlos A ^e   Nadeau, Kari C ^b   Wilson, Sandra R ^a,b   Xiao, Lan ^a  

^a PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Asthma Control Questionnaire; DASH; Dietary pattern; Lung function

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; RETINOL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE CONTROL; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FRUIT; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUT; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PHENOTYPE; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELECONSULTATION; VEGETABLE;

ACQ; ASTHMA; ASTHMA CONTROL QUESTIONNAIRE; CI; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DASH; DIETARY APPROACHES TO STOP HYPERTENSION; DIETARY PATTERN; FENO; FEV1; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME IN ONE SECOND; FRACTIONAL EXHALED NITRIC OXIDE; KAISER PERMANENTE; KP; LUNG FUNCTION; PCP; PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER.;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SPIROMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878451127     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: 15592030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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