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Annual increase in body mass index in children with asthma on higher doses of inhaled steroids.
Jani, Meghna; Ogston, Simon; Mukhopadhyay, Somnath
The Journal of pediatrics. 2005;147(4):549-51.
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- DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2005.05.018
Abstract
There is a greater annual increase in body mass index in children with asthma receiving inhaled steroids at a dose > or =400 microg/day (0.5 kg/m2/year; n=100) compared with those receiving < or =200 microg/day (0.1 kg/m2/year; n=98) (P=.0003). This is consistent with an annual increase in body fat in children with asthma receiving > or =400 microg/day of inhaled steroids.