March 2014. Volume 10. Number 1

Overweight children have an increased risk of receiving an asthma diagnosis

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Egan KB, Ettinger AS, Bracken MB. Childhood body mass index and subsequent physician-diagnosed asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. BMC Pediatr. 2013;13:121.
Reviewers: Pérez Gaxiola G1, Llerena Santa Cruz E2.
1Hospital Pediátrico de Sinaloa. Culiacán. Sinaloa. México.
2Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital Universitario Dr. Josep Trueta. Girona. España.
Correspondence: Giordano Pérez Gaxiola. Email: giordanopg@gmail.com
Reception date: 16/10/2013
Acceptance date: 26/11/2013
Publication date: 08/01/2014

Abstract

Authors' conclusions: overweight and, especially, obese children are at increased risk of subsequent physician diagnosed asthma in comparison to normal weight children. The observed sex effects were inconsistent.

Reviewers' commentary: a possible association exists between obesity and asthma.

Key words: asthma; obesity; overweight

How to cite this article

Pérez Gaxiola G, Llerena Santacruz E. Los niños con sobrepeso tienen un riesgo aumentado de ser diagnosticados posteriormente de asma. Evid Pediatr. 2014;10:7.

AVC | Critically appraised articles

Egan KB, Ettinger AS, Bracken MB. Childhood body mass index and subsequent physician-diagnosed asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. BMC Pediatr. 2013;13:121.
Reviewers: Pérez Gaxiola G1, Llerena Santa Cruz E2.
1Hospital Pediátrico de Sinaloa. Culiacán. Sinaloa. México.
2Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital Universitario Dr. Josep Trueta. Girona. España.
Correspondence: Giordano Pérez Gaxiola. Email: giordanopg@gmail.com
Key words: asthma; obesity; overweight
Reception date: 16/10/2013
Acceptance date: 26/11/2013
Publication date: 08/01/2014

How to cite this article

Pérez Gaxiola G, Llerena Santacruz E. Los niños con sobrepeso tienen un riesgo aumentado de ser diagnosticados posteriormente de asma. Evid Pediatr. 2014;10:7.

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