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- Beitollah Alipour, Seyyedeh Zahra Hosseini, Akbar Sharifi, and Khalil Ansarin.
- Department of Community Nutrition, Faculty Nutrition, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
- Int J Prev Med. 2015 Jan 1;6:50.
BackgroundObesity is commonly regarded as a risk factor for asthma development, poor asthma control, and poor response to asthma therapy.MethodsIn a cross-sectional study, 85 asthmatics (37 male and 48 female) participated. Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) and anthropometric parameters were measured for each patient.ResultsMean age and median duration were 43.9 ± 10.61 and 6 (3-14) years, respectively. Among anthropometric parameters, only waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) indicated significant correlation with PFTs in both sex (P < 0.05). There were negative associations between waist circumference, hip circumference and WHR with PFTs only in overweight and obese women (P < 0.05).ConclusionsSome anthropometric parameters affected lung function, and it seems that gender differentially contributes to this effect.
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