Obesity and asthma: clinical and laboratory characterization of a common combination

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the relationship between obesity and asthma. Methods: This was a preliminary cross-sectional analysis involving 925 subjects with mild-to-moderate or severe asthma evaluated between 2013 and 2015. Obesity was defined on the basis of body mass index (BMI) and abdomin...

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Main Authors: Juliana Pires Viana de Jesus, Aline Silva Lima-Matos, Paula Cristina Andrade Almeida, Valmar Bião Lima, Luane Marques de Mello, Adelmir Souza-Machado, Eduardo Vieira Ponte, Álvaro Augusto Cruz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia
Series:Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-37132018000300207&lng=en&tlng=en