Obesity and asthma: Current knowledge and future needs

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 80-85

  Sivapalan, Pradeesh ^a   Diamant, Zuzana ^b,c   Ulrik, Charlotte Suppli ^a,d  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Asthma; Asthma control; Inflammation; Mechanism; Obesity; Phenotype; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE PLUS SALMETEROL; MONTELUKAST; RESISTIN; SALBUTAMOL; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUTUROLOGY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LUNG FUNCTION; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; COMPLICATION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; META ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84918503168     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0000000000000119     Document Type: Review

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