The Analysis of BMI, Asthma Prevalence, and Lung Functions of Schoolchildren in Southern Taiwan

Kaohsiung Medical University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Asthma; Obesity

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00629785

KMUH-IRB-960129

Details and patient eligibility

About

The prevalence of obesity and asthma has increased in recent decades. We investigated the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and lung function, and also tried to determine if asthma prevalence differs between obese and non-obese children. We propose this cross-sectional, retrospective analysis to figure out whether the BMI is associated with elevated prevalence of asthma, and how their lung function changes in different BMI groups.

Sex: All

Ages: 13 to 16 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• students representing all grades in a total of 123 junior high schools in southern Taiwan (Kaohsiung and Pintong) between 1995-1996

Exclusion criteria

• failure to obtain ISAAC questionnaire
• failure to preform lung functions study