<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Stanislav Henkin</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Doug Brugge</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Odilia I Bermudez</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Xiang Gao</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A case-control study of body mass index and asthma in Asian children</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Annals of Allergy, Asthma &amp; Immunology: Official Publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, &amp; Immunology</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Adolescent</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Age Factors</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Allergic</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Asian Americans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Asthma</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Atopic</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Body Mass Index</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Child</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dermatitis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Female</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Food Hypersensitivity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Male</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Odds Ratio</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Perennial</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Preschool</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rhinitis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Seasonal</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sex Factors</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">{Case-Control} Studies</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">may</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18517076</style></url></web-urls></urls><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">100</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">447–451</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">{{\textless}AbstractText} {Label=&quot;BACKGROUND&quot;} {NlmCategory=&quot;BACKGROUND&quot;{\textgreater}The} prevalence of obesity and asthma in the United States has increased in past decades. Numerous studies have focused on the relationship between the 2 factors. However, to our knowledge, this association in Asian Americans has not been extensively {studied.{\textless}/AbstractText{\textgreater}} {{\textless}AbstractText} {Label=&quot;OBJECTIVE&quot;} {NlmCategory=&quot;OBJECTIVE&quot;{\textgreater}To} assess the association between body mass index {(BMI)} and asthma in an Asian American pediatric {population.{\textless}/AbstractText{\textgreater}} {{\textless}AbstractText} {Label=&quot;METHODS&quot;} {NlmCategory=&quot;METHODS&quot;{\textgreater}We} conducted a case-control medical record review study of 94 pediatric patients with and without asthma at {Tufts-New} England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. The {BMI} of asthmatic children before and after their asthma diagnosis was compared with the {BMI} of children without {asthma.{\textless}/AbstractText{\textgreater}} {{\textless}AbstractText} {Label=&quot;RESULTS&quot;} {NlmCategory=&quot;RESULTS&quot;{\textgreater}Multiple} analyses showed no significant {(P} &amp;gt; .05) association between various measures of {BMI} and asthma in this population. After adjustment for atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, and other allergies, the odds ratio in our longitudinal analysis using {BMI} greater than the 85th percentile for asthmatic children vs nonasthmatic children was 0.92 (95% confidence interval, {0.40-2.20).{\textless}/AbstractText{\textgreater}} {{\textless}AbstractText} {Label=&quot;CONCLUSIONS&quot;} {NlmCategory=&quot;CONCLUSIONS&quot;{\textgreater}Either} overweight and obesity do not lead to asthma in Asian immigrant children, consistent with our results, or something about our method limited our ability to observe the association. In either case, more research in the population is {needed.{\textless}/AbstractText{\textgreater}}</style></abstract><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">{PMID:} 18517076</style></notes></record></records></xml>