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Bronchial asthma and obesity are one of the most important health problems in modern society, which have been termed civilization diseases. In case of asthma-related obesity, an important role play factors such as socioeconomic status, mechanic element and inflammation. ... In patients with the late-onset form of obesity-associated asthma, it ...
4 cze 2015 · Understanding the link between obesity and asthma may have major public health implications and has the potential to lead to development of future therapies. This review will give a concise examination of the association between asthma and obesity and provide conclusions on the current body of literature.
22 mar 2019 · They found that the association between abdominal obesity and asthma remained significant after adjustment for BMI, indicating that abdominal obesity may be independently associated with asthma. The small number of studies and the considerable heterogeneity precluded further meta-analysis.
1 sty 2024 · Even though BMI is the gold standard for evaluating the degree of obesity, other parameters such as abdominal adiposity examined by imaging examinations, such as computed tomography (CT), ultrasound (US), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), are also corelated with the pathophysiology of asthma.
Obesity may impact currently available asthma biomarkers, and obesity-associated asthma specic biomarkers are needed. Whilst surgical weight loss interventions are associated with improvements in asthma control and quality of life, evidence for pragmatic conservative options are sparse.
Obesity is associated with increased incidence of asthma that may be dose-dependent 2 and higher risk of severe asthma and asthma-related hospitalizations. 1,3 A study by Larsson and Burgess compiled more than 200,000 individuals from Mendelian randomization studies and de novo analyses of the FinnGenn consortium, concluding that higher BMI was ...
3 cze 2014 · It appears that the linking of obesity to asthma prevalence, severity, and response to conventional therapies, is only in its infancy, with associations that vary in strength across studies and discordant results between mouse and man.
