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Asthma and obesity have been on the rise for the past few decades, becoming the most prevalent chronic conditions in children [1, 2]. Obesity has been suggested to increase asthma incidence and prevalence, and change asthma towards a more difficult-to-control phenotype [3]. Yet, the impact of heterogeneous asthma and obesity definitions on the suggested association has been poorly explored. As such, we aimed to evaluate the influence of different asthma and obesity definitions on the obesity–asthma relationship.
Abstract
Differing body mass classifications challenge the strength of the epidemiological evidence suggesting asthma and obesity are linked. The relationship between asthma and overweight in children depends on the body mass definitions adopted. http://bit.ly/2lSxhC5
Footnotes
Author contributions: All authors were involved in investigation and gave constructive criticism of the study manuscript. F. de Castro Mendes and A. Moreira wrote the manuscript with input from all authors.
Conflict of interest: F. de Castro Mendes has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: I. Paciência has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: J. Cavaleiro Rufo has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: D. Silva has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: P. Cunha has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: M. Farraia has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: L. Delgado has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: P. Moreira has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: A. Moreira has nothing to disclose.
Support statement: Authors gratefully acknowledge the funding by the project NORTE-01-0145- FEDER-000010 – Health, Comfort and Energy in the Built Environment (HEBE), cofinanced by Programa Operacional Regional do Norte (NORTE2020), through Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional (FEDER) and EXALAR 21 funded by the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER), through the Competitiveness and Internationalization Operational Programme, and by national funding from the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) under the scope of the project PTDC/GES-AMB/30193/2017 (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030193, 02/SAICT/2017 – project number 30193). Funding information for this article has been deposited with the Crossref Funder Registry.
- Received March 19, 2019.
- Accepted August 25, 2019.
- Copyright ©ERS 2019
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