RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Asthma and metabolic syndrome
JF European Respiratory Journal
JO Eur Respir J
FD European Respiratory Society
SP p4923
VO 38
IS Suppl 55
A1 María Alicia Martinez Cortizas
A1 Cristina Artana
A1 Pablo Pascale
A1 Sandra Alvarez
A1 Miriam Pereiro
YR 2011
UL http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/38/Suppl_55/p4923.abstract
AB Objetives: To assess the prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome (MS) in patients who attended our hospital with asthma diagnosis.Materials and methods: Patients older than 16 who attended our hospital, were prospectively evaluated, selecting those who suffered from asthma, classifying their severity in: intermittent, mild persistent, persistent moderate and severe persistent, taking into account spirometric values of FEV1, considering whether the patient was completely controlled, well controlled or poorly controlled. Patients were classified according to body mass index (BMI). All patients underwent a complete physical examination recording and a lung functional test with bronchodilator test. Pearson correlation test and Chi square test were performed. The results were expressed as mean and standard deviation. p <0.05 was considered as significant.Results: 70 asthmatic patients were studied (82% female) who were classified according to BMI. 71% of our patients had MS, meanwhile this percentage is 25% in general population. The BMI <25 group is significantly younger than the others (p <0.05). The CRP was increased in all groups. The glucose had lower values in the BMI <25 group, with significant difference from the overweight group; glucose and age showed a positive correlation of r = 0.48. The BMI <25 group showed a higher percentage of mild asthma. Moderate asthma was predominant in the overweight group and severe asthma among the obese. Early onset asthma was higher in the BMI <25 group, which is also the youngest group.Conclusions: There is a clear association between asthma and metabolic syndrome. To make an early diagnosis of this association will change the outcome of the patient.