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Does Obesity Increase Respiratory Tract Infections in Patients with Asthma?


ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Because respiratory tract infections (RTIs) precede most exacerbations, a better understanding of the risk factors of RTIs and RTI-associated exacerbations in patients with asthma is a pressing public health need. Obesity in patients with asthma is associated with worse asthma control and higher asthma-associated health care utilization, but its effect on RTI risk is unknown. OBJECTIVE:We aimed to study the association of body mass index (BMI) classification on the risk of self-reported RTIs and related asthma morbidity among adults and children with asthma. METHODS:This post hoc analysis of 5 large asthma trials involving 747 children and 1287 adults compared BMI classification, defined as lean, overweight, and obese based on age-appropriate BMI and BMI-percentile conventions. The primary outcome was rate of visits with RTIs. Secondary asthma outcomes included upper respiratory infection (URI) severity, systemic steroid use, and health care contact. RESULTS:Children had 1.4 times the rate of RTI compared with adults (95% confidence interval 1.27-1.56). In all participants, BMI classification did not affect the rate of visits with RTI. In children, BMI classification did not affect URI severity, all-cause asthma events, or RTI-associated asthma events. However, in adults, higher BMI classification was associated with an increase in moderate/severe URI (P = .02). Adults with higher BMI classification also had increased rates of all-cause and RTI-associated asthma exacerbations requiring systemic steroids and health care contact. CONCLUSIONS:BMI classification was not associated with an increased risk of RTIs in children or adults. In adults only, obesity was associated with increased URI severity and all-cause and RTI-associated asthma morbidity.

SUBMITTER: Tang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6609096 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Does Obesity Increase Respiratory Tract Infections in Patients with Asthma?

Tang Monica M   Henderson Robert J RJ   Holbrook Janet T JT   Que Loretta G LG   Mathews Anne M AM   Wise Robert A RA   Dixon Anne E AE   Peters Stephen P SP   Rogers Linda L   Smith Lewis J LJ   Teague W Gerald WG   Lang Jason E JE  

The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice 20181009 3


<h4>Background</h4>Because respiratory tract infections (RTIs) precede most exacerbations, a better understanding of the risk factors of RTIs and RTI-associated exacerbations in patients with asthma is a pressing public health need. Obesity in patients with asthma is associated with worse asthma control and higher asthma-associated health care utilization, but its effect on RTI risk is unknown.<h4>Objective</h4>We aimed to study the association of body mass index (BMI) classification on the risk  ...[more]

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