Prospective study of body mass index, weight change, and risk of adult-onset asthma in women
Prospective study of body mass index, weight change, and risk of adult-onset asthma in women
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DOI:
10.1001/archinte.159.21.2582
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发表时间:
1999-11-22
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通讯作者:
Speizer, FE
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作者:
Camargo, CA;Weiss, ST;Speizer, FE
Background: Obesity and asthma are common disorders, and their prevalence rates continue to rise. Although individuals with asthma ma) gain weight as a result of activity limitations, the relationship between body mass index (BMI), which is calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters, and risk of developing asthma is not known.Methods: We performed a prospective cohort study of female US registered nurses in the Nurses' Health Study 11. In 1991, after excluding women who died with probable asthma or with incomplete data, there were 85 911 participants, aged 26 to 46 years. The main outcome measure was self-report of physician-diagnosed asthma with recent use of an asthma medication.Results: From 1991 to 1995, we identified 1596 incident cases of asthma. In a multivariate model controlling for 9 potential confounding factors (including age, race, smoking, physical activity, and energy intake), the relative risks of asthma for 6 increasing categories of BMI in 1991 were 0.9, 1.0 (reference), 1.1, 1.6, 1.7, and 2.7 (P for trend