Associations between pre-pregnancy obesity and asthma symptoms in adolescents

Background: The high prevalence of children's asthma symptoms, worldwide, is unexplained. We examined the relation between maternal pre-pregnancy weight and body mass index (BMI), and asthma symptoms in adolescents. Methods: Data from 6945 adolescents born within the Northern Finland Birth Coho...

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Main Authors: Patel, S, Rodriguez, A, Little, M, Elliott, P, Pekkanen, J, Hartikainen, A, Pouta, A, Laitinen, J, Harju, T, Canoy, D, Järvelin, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2012