Increased risk of asthma in overweight children born large for gestational age.

Leonardo Araujo PintoS GuerraJ M AntoD PostmaG H KoppelmanJ C de JongsteU GehringH A SmitA H Wijga

Published in: Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology (2018)

We observed that non-atopic children born LGA, who were overweight by 8 years have an increased risk of asthma. If confirmed, these findings suggest that non-atopic children born LGA may be identified early in life as a high-risk group for asthma.

Keyphrases

gestational age
birth weight
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
young adults
preterm birth
lung function
low birth weight
allergic rhinitis
physical activity
weight gain
weight loss
preterm infants
cystic fibrosis