Long-term effect of asthma on the development of obesity among adults: an international cohort study, ECRHS.
Subhabrata MoitraAnne-Elie CarsinMichael John AbramsonSimone AccordiniAndre F S AmaralJosep AntoRoberto BonoLidia Casas RuizIsa CerveriLeda ChatziPascal DemolySandra Dorado-ArenasBertil ForsbergFrank GillilandThorarinn GislasonJosé Antonio GullónJoachim HeinrichMathias HolmChrister JanssonRain JogiFrancisco Gómez RealDeborah L JarvisBénédicte LeynaertDennis NowakNicole Probst-HenschJosé Luis Sánchez-RamosChantal Raherison-SemjenValerie SirouxStefano GuerraManolis KogevinasJudith M Garcia-AymerichPublished in: Thorax (2022)
This is the first study showing that adult asthmatics have a higher risk of developing obesity than non-asthmatics, particularly those non-atopic, of longer disease duration or on oral corticosteroids.