Open AccessElevated atopy in healthy obese women
Author(s) -
Victoria J. VieiraPotter,
Anne Ronan,
Mark R. Windt,
Anthony R. Tagliaferro
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.1093/ajcn.82.3.504
Subject(s) - atopy , medicine , obesity , immunology , allergy
Allergic disorders, including asthma, have increased dramatically in the United States in the past 20 y. Epidemiologic studies have found body mass index (body weight in kg/height squared in m) to be a positive independent correlate of atopy in women but not in men.
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