Obesity increases the prevalence and the incidence of asthma and worsens asthma severity

Background & aims: We aimed to explore the association between obesity and asthma prevalence, incidence and severity.Methods: The study included 32,644 adults, 52.6% female, from a representative sample of the 4th Portuguese National Health Survey. The following asthma definitions were used: eve...

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Main Author: R. Barros (author)
Other Authors: P. Moreira (author), P. Padrão (author), V.H. Teixeira (author), P. Carvalho (author), L. Delgado (author), A. Moreira (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2017
Subjects:
Ciências da Saúde, Doenças relacionadas com a nutrição, Ciências médicas e da saúde
Health sciences, Nutrition related disorders, Medical and Health sciences
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10216/89045
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio-aberto.up.pt:10216/89045

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https://hdl.handle.net/10216/89045

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