Wider neck circumference is related to severe asthma in children

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 456-460

  Hacihamdioglu, Bulent ^a   Arslan, Mutluay ^a   Yeşilkaya, Ediz ^a   Gok, Faysal ^a   Yavuz, Suleyman Tolga ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Fat distribution; Neck circumference; Obesity

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; STEROID;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK CIRCUMFERENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADIPOSITY; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASTHMA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK; ODDS RATIO; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84937978291     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pai.12402     Document Type: Article

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