Association between obesity and asthma among teenagers

Bertolace, Maria do Pilar Carneiro; Toledo, Eliana; Jorge, Patrícia Polis de Oliveira; Liberatore, Raphael Del Roio

doi:10.1590/s1516-31802008000500008

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“…The association between asthma and obesity could not be established in our study; this is consistent with the data obtained in New Zealand [23], Canada [24] and Brazil [25]; controversially, Jacobson [26] and Garcia-Marcos [27] have found that obesity increased the risk of asthma and that this is more notorious in girls. One possible explanation for this discrepancy arises from the methods employed for evaluating the weight and height of the participants.…”

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Asthma in Mexican school-age children is not associated with passive smoking or obesity

Bedolla-Barajas

Barrera-Zepeda²,

López-Zaldo

et al. 2013

Asia Pacific Allergy

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BackgroundAsthma has increased in various regions of the world. The factors associated with the growth in prevalence are still to be determined.ObjectiveTo evaluate the degree of association of the prevalence of asthma with passive smoking and obesity in school-children in western Mexico.MethodsA population-based cross-section analytic study. A stratified random sample of 740 primary school pupils of between 6 and 12 years of age was chosen. Asthma, passive smoking and a background of allergic diseases were identified by means of a standardized questionnaire filled out by the parents of the participants. Obesity was identified by means of the body mass index. Proportional sections of population were estimated and the degree of association between asthma (dependent variable) and the independent variables was evaluated by means of multivariate logistic regression.ResultsThe following factors of prevalence were found: asthma 8.1%; obesity 19.9%; background of smoking in the father 6.7% and in the mother 13.3%. There was no significant association to be found with asthma in either passive smoking where one of the parents smoked (p = 0.39) or in obesity (p = 0.09). On the other hand, the background of allergic diseases in the mother showed statistically significant association with asthma in the boys (odds ratio = 3.5, 95% confidence interval 1.4 to 8.59), but not in the girls.ConclusionWith the exception of the maternal background of allergy, neither obesity nor passive smoking are factors associated with asthma in Mexican children.

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confidence: 84%

Asthma in Mexican school-age children is not associated with passive smoking or obesity

Bedolla-Barajas

Barrera-Zepeda²,

López-Zaldo

et al. 2013

Asia Pacific Allergy

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“…2006). A combined school-age and adolescence population was most frequent, but five studies mainly recruited adolescents (Bertolace et al 2008, Bidad et al 2007, Cassol et al . 2006, Hasan et al .…”

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“…The developmental stage of the populations recruited in selected studies covered all paediatric age groups from infants (Rodriguez et al 2002), preschoolers (Vargas et al 2007) to adolescents (Gennuso et al 1998, Hasan et al 2006. A combined school-age and adolescence population was most frequent, but five studies mainly recruited adolescents (Cassol et al 2006, Hasan et al 2006, Bidad et al 2007, Bertolace et al 2008, Leung et al 2009). The numbers of subjects analysed in each study varied greatly.…”

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A systematic review of the association between obesity and asthma in children

Liu

Kieckhefer

Gau

2013

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Aims To provide a comprehensive integration of contemporary studies focusing on the relationship between obesity and asthma in paediatric populations. Background The simultaneous increase in asthma and obesity prevalence has been widely discussed over the past twenty years. Although studies have discovered a positive correlation between the two, evidence-based findings are needed to develop nursing interventions. Data Sources An electronic database search was conducted for studies published between January 1966 - May 2011. Additional articles were identified through the reference lists of reviewed papers. Review Methods A quantitative systematic review was undertaken to aggregate evidence regarding the association between obesity and asthma in children. Inclusion/exclusion criteria and quality appraisal were applied to ensure research primarily designed to study the relationship between obesity and asthma in children was included. Results The majority of studies support a positive association between obesity and asthma in children. Among correlates recognized as important effect modifiers, gender was the most prominent, with obese girls more likely to have asthma diagnoses than obese boys. Scrutinization of covariates in selected studies revealed that most related to children's demographic characteristics and were inconsistent across the studies. Conclusions This review was designed to integrate contemporary scientific findings on the association between obesity and asthma by including a large number of studies with variant research designs. To identify high-risk groups and develop nursing interventions to help children affected by both epidemics, more interdisciplinary and well-designed investigations focusing on an expanded spectrum of correlates including demographic and behavioural factors are warranted.

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“…Oliveira et al reviewed the relationships between the walk test, pulmonary function tests and length of hospitalization in cardiac surgery patients 5. Bertolace et al studied the association between obesity and asthma among teenagers 46. Simões et al assessed the prevalence of reduced respiratory muscle strength in institutionalized elderly people 47.…”

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A review of cardiopulmonary research in Brazilian medical journals: clinical, surgical and epidemiological data

Serrano

Silva

2010

Clinics

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Research in the field of cardiopulmonary disease in Brazil has been very active in recent decades. The combination of PUBMED, SCieLO, open access and online searching has provided a significant increase in the visibility of Brazilian journals. This newly acquired international visibility has in turn resulted in the appearance of more original research reports in the Brazilian scientific press. This review is intended to highlight part of this work for the benefit of the readers of “Clinics.” We searched through PUBMED for noteworthy articles published in Brazilian medical journals included in the Journal of Citation Reports of the Institute of Scientific Information to better expose them to our readership. The following journals were examined: “Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia,” “Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia e Metabologia,” “Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Reviews,” “Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia,” “Jornal de Pediatria,” “Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular,” “Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira,” Revista da Escola de Enfermagem U.S.P.” and “São Paulo Medical Journal.” These journals publish original investigations in the field of cardiopulmonary disease. The search produced 71 references, which are briefly examined.

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Association between obesity and asthma among teenagers

Cited by 13 publications

References 15 publications

Asthma in Mexican school-age children is not associated with passive smoking or obesity

Asthma in Mexican school-age children is not associated with passive smoking or obesity

A systematic review of the association between obesity and asthma in children

A review of cardiopulmonary research in Brazilian medical journals: clinical, surgical and epidemiological data

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