Association Between Asthma and Obesity Among Immigrant Asian Americans, California Health Interview Survey, 2001-2011

作者：Becerra Benjamin J; Scroggins Christy M; Becerra Monideepa B^*

来源：Preventing Chronic Disease, 2014, 11: E209.

DOI：10.5888/pcd11.140333

Our objective was to study the comorbidity of asthma and obesity among foreign-born Asian Americans, by subgroups. Public data from the California Health Interview Survey, 2001-2011, were analyzed by using independent logistic regressions, yielding the association between asthma and obesity (Asian and standard cutoffs for body mass index [BMIs]) of 19,841 Asian American immigrant respondents. Chinese, Filipino, South Asian, and Japanese immigrants had a positive association between lifetime asthma and obesity, whereas among Korean immigrants, a positive association was found between lifetime asthma and overweight status (standard BMI cutoffs). Routine screening for this comorbidity is warranted among immigrant Asian Americans.

• 出版日期2014-11