¿Existe asociación entre asma y adiposidad en la población adulta chilena?
Association between adiposity and asthma
Rev. méd. Chile; 147 (6), 2019
Publication year: 2019
Background:
In people with asthma, adiposity is associated with more symptoms and less control of the disease whereas on those without asthma adiposity is associated with a higher risk of developing the disease.Aim:
To investigate the association between asthma and adiposity markers in Chilean adults.Material and Methods:
Data from 5,499 adults older than 15-years-old from the Chilean National Health Survey 20162017 were analyzed. Quintiles of body-mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) were used as a proxy of adiposity. The association between asthma and quintiles of BMI and WC was determined by logistic regression.Results:
A higher BMI and WC was associated with a higher odds for asthma. This trend remained significant even after adjusting the models for socio-demographic factors, physical activity and smoking (Odds Ratio [OR] BMI: 1.13 [95% confidence intervals (CI): 1.04; 1.22], p < 0.01 and OR WC:
1.15 [95% IC: 1.06; 1.25], p < 0.01).Conclusions:
A higher BMI and WC were positively associated with asthma.
Asma/etiología, Obesidad/complicaciones, Adiposidad/fisiología, Asma/epidemiología, Asma/fisiopatología, Índice de Masa Corporal, Chile/epidemiología, Estilo de Vida, Modelos Logísticos, Obesidad/epidemiología, Prevalencia, Valores de Referencia, Factores de Riesgo, Fumar/efectos adversos, Fumar, Factores Socioeconómicos, Encuestas y Cuestionarios, Circunferencia de la Cintura