Effect of obesity on pulmonary function in asthmatic children of different age groups

XU Xiao-Wen; HUANG Ying; WANG Jian; ZHANG Xue-Li; LIANG Fan-Mei; LUO Rong

doi:10.7499/j.issn.1008-8830.2017.05.008

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Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics ›› 2017, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (5) : 519-523. DOI: 10.7499/j.issn.1008-8830.2017.05.008

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Effect of obesity on pulmonary function in asthmatic children of different age groups

XU Xiao-Wen, HUANG Ying, WANG Jian, ZHANG Xue-Li, LIANG Fan-Mei, LUO Rong

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Objective To study the effect of obesity on pulmonary function in newly diagnosed asthmatic children of different age groups. Methods Two hundred and ninety-four children with newly diagnosed asthma were classified into preschool-age (< 6 years) and school-age (6 to 12.5 years) groups. They were then classified into obese, overweight, and normal-weight subgroups based on their body mass index (BMI). All the children underwent pulmonary function tests, including large airway function tests[forced vital capacity (FVC%) and forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1%)] and small airway function tests[maximal expiratory flow at 25% of vital capacity (MEF25%), maximal expiratory flow at 50% of vital capacity (MEF50%), and maximal expiratory flow at 75% of vital capacity (MEF75%)]. Results The school-age group showed lower FEV1%, MEF25%, and MEF50% than the preschool-age group (P < 0.05) after adjustment for sex and BMI. The normal-weight children in the school-age group had lower FEV1%, MEF25%, and MEF50% compared with their counterparts in the preschool-age group (P < 0.05). The overweight children in the school-age group showed lower FVC% and MEF50% than those in the preschool-age group. However, all the pulmonary function parameters showed no significant differences between the obese children in the preschool-age and school-age groups. In the preschool-age group, FVC%, FEV1%, and MEF75% of the obese children were lower than those of the normal-weight children. In the school-age group, only FVC% and FEV1% showed differences between the obese and normal-weight children (P < 0.05). Conclusions The effect of obesity on the pulmonary function varies with age in children with asthma, and the effect is more obvious in those of preschool age.

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Asthma / Body mass index / Pulmonary function / Child

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XU Xiao-Wen, HUANG Ying, WANG Jian, ZHANG Xue-Li, LIANG Fan-Mei, LUO Rong. Effect of obesity on pulmonary function in asthmatic children of different age groups[J]. Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics. 2017, 19(5): 519-523 https://doi.org/10.7499/j.issn.1008-8830.2017.05.008

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