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EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL
Volume 48, Issue 4, Pages 1063-1073Publisher
EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY SOC JOURNALS LTD
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00766-2016
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- Chief Scientist Office [CZH/4/418] Funding Source: researchfish
- Chief Scientist Office [CZH/4/418] Funding Source: Medline
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To estimate the association between obesity and poor asthma control or risk of exacerbations in asthmatic children and adolescents, and to assess whether these associations are different by sex. A meta-analysis was performed on unpublished data from three North-European paediatric asthma cohorts (BREATHE, PACMAN (Pharmacogenetics of Asthma medication in Children: Medication with Antiinflammatory effects) and PAGES (Pediatric Asthma Gene Environment Study)) and 11 previously published studies (cross-sectional and longitudinal studies). Outcomes were poor asthma control (based on asthma symptoms) and exacerbations rates (asthma-related visits to the emergency department, asthma-related hospitalisations or use of oral corticosteroids). Overall pooled estimates of the odds ratios were obtained using fixed-or random-effects models. In a meta-analysis of 46070 asthmatic children and adolescents, obese children (body mass index. 95th percentile) compared with non-obese peers had a small but significant increased risk of asthma exacerbations (OR 1.17, 95% CI 1.03-1.34; I-2: 54.7%). However, there was no statistically significant association between obesity and poor asthma control (n= 4973, OR 1.23, 95% CI 0.99-1.53; I-2: 0.0%). After stratification for sex, the differences in odds ratios for girls and boys were similar, yet no longer statistically significant. In asthmatic children, obesity is associated with a minor increased risk of asthma exacerbations but not with poor asthma control. Sex does not appear to modify this risk.
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