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BMI can influence adult males’ and females’ airway hyperresponsiveness differently

BACKGROUND: Epidemiological data indicate that obesity is a risk factor for asthma, but scientific literature is still debating the association between changes in body mass index (BMI) and airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR). METHODS: This study aimed at evaluating the influence of BMI on AHR, in outpa...

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Autores principales: Sposato, Bruno, Scalese, Marco, Scichilone, Nicola, Pammolli, Andrea, Balducci, Massimo Tosti, Migliorini, Maria Giovanna, Scala, Raffaele
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3529699/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23157852
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2049-6958-7-45