Prevalence of obesity in asthmatic adults

doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7258.448/a

BMJ 2000;321:448 ( 12 August )

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Prevalence of obesity in asthmatic adults

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EDITOR $---$ Obesity is an increasing health problem, particularly in the affluent countries, and although the reported association(not necessarily causal relationship) with asthma is not new,Stenius-Aarniala et al have appropriately reported the effectsof weight reduction in morbidly obese adults (body mass index30-42) with asthma.¹ They have also suggested that, becauseof the high prevalence of obesity,² a large number of patientswith asthma will also beobese.

To highlight the findings of the study, in the context of reporting the prevalence of obesity specifically among people withasthma, cross sectional data collected during a previously reportedcommunity study based in some of the socioeconomically depriveddistricts in Birmingham³ have been newlyanalysed.

Of the original 689 study subjects with asthma, 535 (77.6%) were adults (293 white Europeans, 242 South Asian) within theage group 18-59 years. Only 38.5% of these adult subjects hada body mass index (kg/m²) within the . . . [Full text of this article]

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