Longitudinal associations between asthma and general and abdominal weight status among Norwegian adolescents and young adults: the HUNT Study
Egan KB, Ettinger AS, DeWan AT, Holford TR, Holmen TL, Bracken MB. Longitudinal associations between asthma and general and abdominal weight status among Norwegian adolescents and young adults: the HUNT Study. Pediatric Obesity 2014, 10: 345-352. PMID: 25405952, DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.271.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of asthmaWeight statusSelf-reported physician-diagnosed asthmaSubsequent weight statusPhysician-diagnosed asthmaBaseline weight statusPopulation-based surveyConsequences of obesityAsthmatic malesBaseline asthmaGeneral overweightAbdominal obesitySubsequent asthmaNormal weightObese adolescentsAsthma statusOverweight malesAdiposity associationsAsthmaAsthma associationsOverweightObesitySex stratificationBidirectional associationsAdiposity