Relationship between obesity and sex, and prevalence of asthma-like disease and current wheeze in Han children in Nanjing, China.
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH(2015)
摘要
Objective To investigate the relationships between body mass index (BMI) and sex, and asthma-like disease and current wheeze in Han children in Nanjing, China. Methods Han children aged 3-14 years were recruited. Height and weight were measured; individuals were classified into obesity, thinness and normal-weight groups on the basis of the calculated BMI. Questionnaires were used to measure prevalence of asthma-like disease and current wheeze. Results were evaluated using the (2)-test, odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals and multivariate logistic regression analyses. Results In total 12 092 children (6331 boys and 5761 girls) were included. Rates of normal weight, obesity and thinness were 8915/12 092 (73.73%), 1479/12 092 (12.23%) and 1698/12 092 (14.04%), respectively. Asthma-like disease and current wheeze were reported in 2051/12 092 (16.96%) and 400/12 092 (3.31%), respectively. An increased BMI was associated with a greater risk of asthma-like disease; this relationship was strongest in girls. Current wheeze was associated positively with obesity and negatively with thinness, but only among boys. Boys had a greater risk of asthma-like disease and current wheeze than girls. Conclusions BMI and sex were associated independently with the prevalence of asthma-like disease and current wheeze in Han Chinese children.
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Body mass index,sex,Han Chinese children,asthma-like disease,wheeze
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