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

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Becerra, Benjamin J. ; Scroggins, Christy M. ; Becerra, Monideepa B.
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Brief
• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 11.
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  11
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:412cfbe35193dae5f845406613e4f0055b47d551ed3f7bc7475feff8b6c9a42d84a5a5b605669490783e1e7d08e240efd3d0d9d3a1881ddcb617c3fe9c511337
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