International journal of preventive medicine
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Obesity is commonly regarded as a risk factor for asthma development, poor asthma control, and poor response to asthma therapy. ⋯ Some anthropometric parameters affected lung function, and it seems that gender differentially contributes to this effect.
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In most of the studies, the association of vascular events is limited to migraine with aura or it is stronger in this group, whereas the link between migraine without aura (MO) and vascular events remained uncertain. Therefore, we decided to evaluate endothelial function by chemical and functional markers of endothelium in MO and compare with normal population. ⋯ This study can show the endothelial dysfunction in migraineurs without aura and suggest that MO could also be a risk for cardiovascular disease.