TY  - JOUR
AU  - Egan, K. B.
AU  - Ettinger, A. S.
AU  - DeWan, A. T.
AU  - Holford, T. R.
AU  - Holmen, T. L.
AU  - Bracken, M. B.
PY  - 2014
DA  - 2014//
TI  - General, but not abdominal, overweight increases odds of asthma among Norwegian adolescents: the Young-HUNT study
T2  - Acta Paediatr
JO  - Acta Paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)
KW  - Young-HUNT
KW  - HUNT2
KW  - Adolescents
KW  - Asthma
KW  - Body mass index
KW  - Obesity
KW  - Overweight
KW  - Waist circumference
AB  - AIM: The aim of this analysis was to examine the association between asthma and general and abdominal weight status, defined by age- and sex-specific cut-offs for body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) in adolescents. METHODS: Participants aged 12-19 years in the Young-HUNT (YH) Study (YH1 1995-1997: n = 8222; YH3 2006-2008: n = 7403) completed self-administered questionnaires in school as part of a series of cross-sectional, population-based studies conducted in Nord-Trondelag, Norway. Weight, height and WC were measured. Adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95% Confidence Intervals (CI) for asthma, defined by self-reported physician diagnosis, were calculated. Potential effect modifiers evaluated included sex and pubertal development status (PDS). RESULTS: Asthma was reported by 11.8% of the adolescents in YH1 and 17.0% in YH3. Asthma odds significantly increased for adolescents with general (OR = 1.33; 95%CI: 1.13, 1.56), but not abdominal, overweight and increased for adolescents with general (OR = 1.34; 95%CI: 1.02, 1.75) or abdominal obesity (OR = 1.36; 95%CI: 1.16, 1.60). Underweight had no association with asthma regardless of weight assessment type, and PDS did not meaningfully influence the associations between asthma and weight. CONCLUSION: Overweight and obesity both increased the odds of asthma in 12-19 year-old Norwegians. WC did not add further information to that already provided by BMI to improve our understanding of the association between asthma and weight.
SN  - 0803-5253
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25131148
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.12775
DO  - 10.1111/apa.12775
LA  - English
N1  - PMID:25131148
ID  - Egan_etal2014
ER  -