dc.contributor.author | Brumpton, Ben Michael | |
dc.contributor.author | Langhammer, Arnulf | |
dc.contributor.author | Romundstad, Pål Richard | |
dc.contributor.author | Chen, Yue | |
dc.contributor.author | Mai, Xiao-Mei | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-06-12T08:03:12Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-06-12T08:03:12Z | |
dc.date.created | 2013-01-11T15:16:46Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
dc.identifier.citation | European Respiratory Journal. 2013, 41 (2), 323-329. | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.issn | 0903-1936 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2445725 | |
dc.description.abstract | Measures of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference define general obesity and abdominal obesity respectively. While high BMI has been established as a risk factor for asthma in adults, waist circumference has seldom been investigated.
To determine the association between BMI, waist circumference and incident asthma in adults, we conducted a prospective study (n=23,245) in a population living in Nord-Trøndelag, Norway in 1995–2008.
Baseline BMI and waist circumference were measured and categorised as general obesity (BMI ≥30.0 kg·m2) and abdominal obesity (waist circumference ≥88 cm in females and ≥102 cm in males). Incident asthma was self-reported new-onset cases during an 11-yr follow-up period. Odds ratios for asthma associated with obesity were calculated using multivariable logistic regression.
General obesity was a risk factor for asthma in females (OR 1.96, 95% CI 1.52–2.52) and males (OR 1.84, 95% CI 1.30–2.59). In females, after additional adjustment for BMI, abdominal obesity remained a risk factor for asthma development (OR 1.46, 95% CI 1.04–2.05). Abdominal obesity seems to increase the risk of incident asthma in females in addition to BMI, indicating that using both measures of BMI and waist circumference in females may be a superior clinical assessment for asthma risk than any measure alone. | nb_NO |
dc.language.iso | eng | nb_NO |
dc.publisher | European Respiratory Society | nb_NO |
dc.title | General and abdominal obesity and incident asthma in adults: the HUNT study | nb_NO |
dc.type | Journal article | nb_NO |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | nb_NO |
dc.description.version | acceptedVersion | nb_NO |
dc.source.pagenumber | 323-329 | nb_NO |
dc.source.volume | 41 | nb_NO |
dc.source.journal | European Respiratory Journal | nb_NO |
dc.source.issue | 2 | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1183/09031936.00012112 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 986427 | |
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cristin.unitcode | 194,65,20,0 | |
cristin.unitname | Institutt for samfunnsmedisin | |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | postprint | |
cristin.qualitycode | 2 | |