Neither asthma nor its treatment adversely affects growth

Does asthma or its treatment affect growth? On p 668 McCowan et al combine results from a community growth study and a primary care asthma study in the Tayside population to try to answer this question. They found that most children with asthma had normal height, weight, and growth rate. A small subset were shorter and lighter---they received care from both hospital and general practice and were prescribed high doses of inhaled corticosteroids. There was also evidence of some reduction in growth rates in children taking high doses of inhaled corticosteroids, though these children seemed to experience a complex interplay of factors, social deprivation having a stronger influence than any factor related to asthma.   


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Effect of asthma and its treatment on growth: four year follow up of cohort of children from general practices in Tayside, Scotland
C McCowan, R G Neville, G E Thomas, I K Crombie, R A Clark, I W Ricketts, A Y Cairns, F C Warner, S A Greene, and E White
BMJ 1998 316: 668-672. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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