RELATIONS BETWEEN ASTHMA AND OBESITY: AN ANALYSIS OF MULTIPLE FACTORS

• Main Authors: Leticia Nabuco de Oliveira Madeira (Author), Maria Alice Neves Bordallo (Author), Marcos Antonio Borges (Author), Agnaldo José Lopes (Author), Isabel Rey Madeira (Author), Fábio Chigres Kuschnir (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT Objective: Asthma and obesity are prevalent and interrelated diseases. In the pediatric population, the effect of systemic inflammation associated to obesity, leading to inflammation of the airways, is currently controversial. Our aim was to compare inflammatory, clinical and spirometric pa...