Obesity and Asthma

GLOBAL STRATEGY FOR ASTHMA MANAGEMENT AND PREVENTION

1996 • 9,450 citations

Genetics of Food Intake Self-Regulation in Childhood: Literature Review and Research Opportunities

2013 • 7,434 citations

Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Among US Children, Adolescents, and Adults, 1999-2002

2004 • 4,576 citations

Overweight and obesity in the United States: prevalence and trends, 1960–1994

1997 • 3,098 citations

Adipose tissue, adipokines, and inflammation

2005 • 2,508 citations

Surveillance for asthma--United States, 1980-1999.

2002 • 1,738 citations

Biological Action of Leptin as an Angiogenic Factor

1998 • 1,390 citations

Overweight, Obesity, and Incident Asthma

2007 • 1,030 citations

Proceedings of the ATS Workshop on Refractory Asthma

2000 • 892 citations

Prospective Study of Body Mass Index, Weight Change, and Risk of Adult-onset Asthma in Women

1999 • 845 citations

Evidence of a Role of Tumor Necrosis Factor α in Refractory Asthma

2006 • 808 citations

Compliance of the respiratory system and its components in health and obesity

1960 • 546 citations

Immediate and long term effects of weight reduction in obese people with asthma: randomised controlled study

2000 • 542 citations

Obesity and Asthma

2006 • 541 citations

Increased Incidence of Asthmalike Symptoms in Girls Who Become Overweight or Obese during the School Years

2001 • 524 citations

Effects of Obesity on Respiratory Resistance

1993 • 463 citations

Relation of body mass index to asthma and atopy in children: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Study III

2001 • 462 citations

Proinflammatory cytokines regulate human glucocorticoid receptor gene expression and lead to the accumulation of the dominant negative β isoform: A mechanism for the generation of glucocorticoid resistance

2001 • 460 citations

Influence of body mass index on the response to asthma controller agents

2006 • 456 citations

Birth weight, body mass index and asthma in young adults

1999 • 447 citations

Obesity and the Risk of Newly Diagnosed Asthma in School-age Children

2003 • 434 citations

Obesity is a risk for asthma and wheeze but not airway hyperresponsiveness

2001 • 432 citations

Obesity Is a Risk Factor for Dyspnea but Not for Airflow Obstruction

2002 • 413 citations

Obesity May Increase the Incidence of Asthma in Women but Not in Men: Longitudinal Observations from the Canadian National Population Health Surveys

2002 • 407 citations

Menopause, postmenopausal estrogen preparations, and the risk of adult-onset asthma. A prospective cohort study.

1995 • 375 citations

The Relation of Body Mass Index to Asthma, Chronic Bronchitis, and Emphysema

2002 • 365 citations

Asthma Is Associated with Weight Gain in Females but Not Males, Independent of Physical Activity

2001 • 330 citations

Perturbed Equilibrium of Myosin Binding in Airway Smooth Muscle and Its Implications in Bronchospasm

1999 • 329 citations

Effect of leptin on allergic airway responses in mice

2005 • 327 citations

Pulmonary Physiologic Changes of Morbid Obesity

1999 • 315 citations

Design and baseline characteristics of The Epidemiology and Natural History of Asthma: Outcomes and Treatment Regimens (TENOR) study: a large cohort of patients with severe or difficult-to-treat asthma

2004 • 297 citations

Effects of Weight Loss on Peak Flow Variability, Airways Obstruction, and Lung Volumes in Obese Patients With Asthma

2000 • 287 citations

Influence of obesity on response to fluticasone with or without salmeterol in moderate asthma

2007 • 283 citations

Airflow Limitation in Morbidly Obese, Nonsmoking Men

1990 • 281 citations

Effect of Weight Reduction on Respiratory Function and Airway Reactivity in Obese Women

2004 • 269 citations

Increased Effects of Smoking and Obesity on Asthma among Female Canadians: The National Population Health Survey, 1994-1995

1999 • 254 citations

Sex Differences in the Relation between Body Mass Index and Asthma and Atopy in a Birth Cohort

2004 • 252 citations

Association of body mass with pulmonary function in the Childhood Asthma Management Program (CAMP)

2003 • 247 citations

Body‐mass index as a predictor of incident asthma in a prospective cohort of children

2003 • 242 citations

Asthma and atopy in overweight children

2003 • 236 citations

Relation of bronchial responsiveness to body mass index in the ECRHS

2002 • 232 citations

Asthma Severity Is Associated with Body Mass Index and Early Menarche in Women

2004 • 227 citations

Association of body mass index with the development of methacholine airway hyperresponsiveness in men: the Normative Aging Study

2002 • 224 citations

Body Mass Index in Relation to Adult Asthma among 135,000 Norwegian Men and Women

2004 • 222 citations

Severe asthma: Lessons from the Severe Asthma Research Program

2007 • 221 citations

Can the increase in body mass index explain the rising trend in asthma in children?

2001 • 219 citations

Obesity increases the risk of incident asthma among adults

2005 • 215 citations

Responses to ozone are increased in obese mice

2003 • 204 citations

Respiratory function in the morbidly obese before and after weight loss.

1989 • 202 citations

Obesity and Asthma

2004 • 190 citations

Pulmonary Physiologic Changes of Morbid Obesity

1999 • 183 citations

Obesity and nocturnal gastro-oesophageal reflux are related to onset of asthma and respiratory symptoms

2004 • 179 citations

Leptin mediates the parathyroid hormone-related protein paracrine stimulation of fetal lung maturation

2002 • 168 citations

Influence of excessive weight loss after gastroplasty for morbid obesity on respiratory muscle performance

1998 • 167 citations

Factors associated to lifestyle and risk of adult onset asthma

2003 • 161 citations

Pulmonary Function in Obese Persons12

1958 • 157 citations

Body mass index and the risk of asthma in adults

2003 • 155 citations

Corticosteroid-resistant asthma is associated with classical antimicrobial activation of airway macrophages

2008 • 152 citations

Incidence and Prevalence of Asthma Among Adult Finnish Men and Women of the Finnish Twin Cohort From 1975 to 1990, and Their Relation to Hay Fever and Chronic Bronchitis

1999 • 150 citations

Adiposity, asthma, and airway inflammation

2006 • 148 citations

Allergic Airway Responses in Obese Mice

2007 • 144 citations

Body Mass Index and Asthma in the Military Population of the Northwestern United States

2001 • 137 citations

Effect of Sex Hormones on Eosinophilic Inflammation in Nasal Mucosa

1998 • 133 citations

Body mass index and asthma incidence among USA adults

2004 • 125 citations

BMI and Health Status Among Adults With Asthma

2008 • 118 citations

Effect of obesity on airway inflammation: a cross‐sectional analysis of body mass index and sputum cell counts

2007 • 109 citations

Critical role of nuclear factor‐κB and stress‐activated protein kinases in steroid unresponsiveness

2002 • 105 citations

Body Mass Index, Change in Body Silhouette, and Risk of Asthma in the E3N Cohort Study

2003 • 104 citations

Progesterone increases airway eosinophilia and hyper‐responsiveness in a murine model of allergic asthma

2003 • 98 citations

Airway Closure and Distribution of Inspired Gas in the Extremely Obese, Breathing Spontaneously and During Anaesthesia with Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation

1976 • 98 citations

Obesity and Its Relationship with Asthma Prevalence and Severity in Adolescents from Southern Brazil

2006 • 91 citations

β-Estradiol Suppresses T Cell-Mediated Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity through Suppression of Antigen-Presenting Cell Function and Th1 Induction

2000 • 80 citations

Effect of Female Hormones on the Production of IL-4 and IL-13 from Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells

1998 • 69 citations

Asthma and body weight change: a 20-year prospective community study of young adults

2006 • 54 citations

Fatty Infiltration of Respiratory Muscles in the Pickwickian Syndrome

1962 • 50 citations

The distribution of ventilation, diffusion, and blood flow in obese patients with normal and abnormal blood gases.

1973 • 49 citations

Obesity and pulmonary function testing

2005 • 35 citations

Corticosteroid Resistant (CR) Asthma Is Associated with Classical Activation Of Airway Macrophages and Exposure To Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)

2006 • 4 citations