Reduced lung function in infants with greater post-natal weight gain may underlie the link between asthma and obesity

J. S. A. Lucas, H. M. Inskip, K. M. Godfrey, C. T. Foreman, J. O. Warner, R. K. Gregson, J. B. Clough (Southampton, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2004 - Clinical questions being answered by paediatric lung function
Session: Clinical questions being answered by paediatric lung function
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 1033
Disease area: Airway diseases, Paediatric lung diseases

Congress or journal article abstract

Rating: 0
You must login to grade this presentation.

Share or cite this content

Citations should be made in the following way:
J. S. A. Lucas, H. M. Inskip, K. M. Godfrey, C. T. Foreman, J. O. Warner, R. K. Gregson, J. B. Clough (Southampton, United Kingdom). Reduced lung function in infants with greater post-natal weight gain may underlie the link between asthma and obesity. Eur Respir J 2004; 24: Suppl. 48, 1033

You must login to share this Presentation/Article on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or by email.

Member's Comments

No comment yet.
You must Login to comment this presentation.


Related content which might interest you:
Rapid early weight gain is associated with wheeze and reduced lung function in childhood
Source: Eur Respir J 2012; 39: 403-410
Year: 2012



Impaired weight gain in CDH infants hampers the analysis of lung development
Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Advances in lung function I
Year: 2010

Height gain and lung function as major determinants of asthma during adolescence
Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Epidemiology and risk factors of childhood asthma: what every clinician should know
Year: 2009


Development of postnatal lung function in very low birth weight infants with or without BPD
Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Paediatric respiratory epidemiology: something for everyone!
Year: 2012


Effects of weight gain on preterm infant´s lung function.
Source: International Congress 2019 – Neonatal and paediatric intensive care
Year: 2019


Exercise-Capacity and lung function improvements in very low birth weight ex-premature adolescents
Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Gas exchange and paediatric exercise testing
Year: 2010

Early infancy BMI trajectories and lung function and asthma during childhood
Source: International Congress 2019 – Early origins of respiratory diseases and later life consequences
Year: 2019



Impaired lung function in children born preterm is related to severity of neonatal lung disease
Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Advances in lung function testing from infancy to adulthood
Year: 2011


Birth weight influence on lung function parameters in patients with asthma and COPD
Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Risk factors for prevalence and incidence of asthma
Year: 2007


Late Breaking Abstract - Maternal asthma, weight gain in early life and infant lung function
Source: International Congress 2019 – Infections, wheezing and asthma in children
Year: 2019



Is large birth weight associated with asthma risk in early childhood?
Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Paediatric respiratory epidemiology: early origins of childhood asthma
Year: 2010


Maternal genetic asthma predisposition affects signaling networks in lungs of neonatal offspring
Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Predicting and observing paediatric allergic disease
Year: 2012


General and organ fat measures and the risk of lower lung function and asthma in childhood
Source: International Congress 2019 – Early origins of respiratory diseases and later life consequences
Year: 2019



Altered lung physiology in obesity and how to intervene
Source: Annual Congress 2006 - Asthma in obesity: a new entity?
Year: 2006


Effects of weight loss on asthma control in obese patients with severe asthma
Source: Eur Respir J 2014; 43: 1368-1377
Year: 2014



Grandmaternal smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of asthma and decreases lung function in male grandchildren.
Source: International Congress 2019 – Asthma biomarkers, diagnostics and risk factors
Year: 2019


Excessive body weight decreases quality of life in children with asthma
Source: Eur Respir J 2006; 28: Suppl. 50, 252s
Year: 2006

Lung function among early adolescents delivered term with low birth weight
Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Crossroads between paediatric respiratory physiology and epidemiology
Year: 2007


Pro-inflammatory and low quality maternal diet in pregnancy and the risk of childhood lower lung function and asthma: a meta-analysis of 18,000 children
Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – Origins of respiratory diseases: do early life exposure and diet really matter?
Year: 2020