Sex-Specific Association between Childhood BMI Trajectories and Asthma Phenotypes

• Main Authors: Danny Wadden (Author), Leigh-Anne Allwood Newhook (Author), Laurie Twells (Author), Jamie Farrell (Author), Zhiwei Gao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. Asthma and obesity are two common health problems in the pediatric population. Obesity is associated with several comorbidities which are of great consequence. Excess adipose tissue has been linked to asthma in a number of studies. However, little is known about childhood body mass index...