PD43 - Body fat mass is positively associated with pediatric asthma
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Background Prevalence of pediatric overweight/obesity and pediatric asthma has been on the rise, with both conditions currently reaching epidemic proportions. Their concurrent rise alludes to potentially common characteristics of their pathophysiologic mechanisms; furthermore, excess fat mass may facilitate asthma induction via obesity-related inflammatory mediators, oxidant stress and mechanical chest restriction. However, although such a link is welldocumented in adults, it is not yet established in children. We thus opted to investigate into a potential adiposity/ asthma association in a cross-sectional, population-based study in preschoolers, by using several indices to assess fat mass.
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