Objectives Asthma and obesity are complex disorders influenced by environmental and
genetic factors. We performed an integrative review of genetic polymorphisms and …

Objective: This study aimed to describe the body mass index, insulin resistance, levels of
adipokines and inflammatory markers in Brazilian asthmatic children and adolescents and to …

PURPOSE: The prevalence of asthma and obesity is increasing concomitantly, but the link
between asthma and obesity is unclear. We sought to address possible roles of leptin and …

BACKGROUND: Epidemiologic studies consistently show associations between asthma and
obesity. Shared genetics might account for this association. OBJECTIVE: We sought to …

Asthma is the most common chronic disease in childhood. Overweight and obesity are
included among the comorbidities considered in patients with difficult-to-treat asthma …

Obesity and asthma are both common diseases with high population burden worldwide.
Recent genetic association studies have shown that obesity is associated with asthma in …

Background Obesity and asthma are highly associated, but the mechanisms underlying the
association remain unknown. We examined five mediators linking obesity with childhood …

The mediating pathways linking obesity and asthma are largely unknown. We aimed to
investigate the mediating pathways and to search for the most prominent pathological …

Obesity and asthma are public health priorities in developed countries. Genes which may
contribute to the control of both conditions include those encoding for the β2‐adrenergic …

Asthma and obesity are two major chronic diseases in children and adolescents. Recent
scientific evidence points out a causative role of obesity in asthma predisposition. However …