Body mass index trajectory classes and incident asthma in childhood: Results from 8 European Birth Cohorts-a Global Allergy and Asthma European Network initiative

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
3198174	Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology	2013	22 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Rapid growth in BMI during the first 2 years of life increases the risk of asthma up to age 6 years.

Keywords

LISAplus GINIplus BMI-SDS GA2LEN Global Allergy and Asthma European Network Asthma MAS DARC Rapid growth World Health Organization body mass index BMI Latent growth mixture modeling Multicenter Allergy Study hazard ratio Prevention and Incidence of Asthma and Mite Allergy WHO Child

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Body mass index trajectory classes and incident asthma in childhood: Results from 8 European Birth Cohorts-a Global Allergy and Asthma European Network initiative

Authors

Peter PhD, Alet H. PhD, Thomas MD, MSc, Esben PhD, Carsten MD, PhD, Henriette A. PhD, Joost MD, PhD, Sandra MSc, Jordi MD, PhD, Michelle PhD, Maties MD, Oriol MD, Carl-Peter MD, Dietrich MD, Beate MD, Chih-Mei PhD, Anna PhD, Maria P. MD, Joachim PhD,