Obesity and asthma morbidity in a community-based adult cohort in a large urban area: the Chicago Initiative to Raise Asthma Health Equity (CHIRAH).

Grammer, Leslie C; Weiss, Kevin B; Pedicano, Jennifer B; Kimmel, Linda G; Curtis, Laura S; Catrambone, Catherine D; Lyttle, Christopher S; Sharp, Lisa K; Sadowski, Laura S

Grammer, Leslie C; Weiss, Kevin B; Pedicano, Jennifer B; Kimmel, Linda G; Curtis, Laura S; Catrambone, Catherine D; Lyttle, Christopher S; Sharp, Lisa K; Sadowski, Laura S.

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Grammer LC; Division of Allergy-Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA. l-grammer@northwestern.edu

J Asthma ; 47(5): 491-5, 2010 Jun.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20560823

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Asthma/epidemiology; Body Mass Index; Obesity/epidemiology; Quality of Life; Adult; Age Distribution; Asthma/diagnosis; Comorbidity; Cross-Sectional Studies; Emergency Service, Hospital/statistics & numerical data; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Health Surveys; Hospitalization/statistics & numerical data; Humans; Incidence; Male; Multivariate Analysis; Obesity/diagnosis; Probability; Recurrence; Regression Analysis; Respiratory Function Tests; Risk Assessment; Severity of Illness Index; Sex Distribution; Survival Rate; Urban Population; Young Adult

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Quality of Life / Asthma / Body Mass Index / Obesity Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adult / Female / Humans / Male Language: En Year: 2010 Type: Article

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