RELATIONS BETWEEN ASTHMA AND OBESITY: AN ANALYSIS OF MULTIPLE FACTORS.

Leticia Nabuco de Oliveira Madeira Maria Alice Neves Bordallo Marcos Antonio Borges Agnaldo Jose Lopes Isabel Rey Madeira Fabio Chigres Kuschnir

Published in: Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo (2020)

The degree of control of asthma was significantly lower in the obese group, regardless of the findings of no differences in spirometry. Extra-pulmonary factors could be responsible for this symptomatic profile. High positivity of skin test in both groups, which is considered a good marker of atopy, shows a preponderant atopic component in the genesis of asthma, both in children with obesity and in those within the normal weight status.

Keyphrases

weight loss
lung function
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
metabolic syndrome
weight gain
insulin resistance
type diabetes
allergic rhinitis
bariatric surgery
high fat diet induced
cystic fibrosis
air pollution
pulmonary hypertension
physical activity
soft tissue
atopic dermatitis