Symposium on obesity and asthma ?CNovember 2, 2006 |
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| Authors: | Chairs Louis-Philippe Boulet Qutayba Hamid Co-authors of sections of the document Simon L Bacon C??line Bergeron Louis-Philippe Boulet Yue Chen Anne E Dixon Pierre Ernst Qutayba Hamid Fernando Holguin Charles G Irvin R John Kimoff Sushma Komakula Catherine Laprise Kim L Lavoie Stephanie A Shore Mihaela Teodorescu and Marie-Claude Vohl |
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| Institution: | 1Centre de Pneumologie, Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de l’Université Laval, Hôpital Laval, Québec;2Meakins-Christie Laboratories, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec |
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| Abstract: | Asthma and obesity are frequently associated, and obesity has been considered a factor contributing to both an increase in severity of asthma and to its development. The present document summarizes the proceedings of a symposium held in Montreal, Quebec, on November 2, 2006, under the auspices of the Réseau en santé respiratoire du Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec in collaboration with the McGill University – Strauss Severe Asthma Program, Université Laval (Quebec City) and Université de Montréal. It includes an overview of the various aspects of the relationships between asthma and obesity with regard to animal models; genetic, hormonal and physiological determinants; influence of comorbidities (eg, sleep apnea syndrome); epidemiology; clinical and psychological features; and management of asthma in the obese population. |
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| Keywords: | Airway inflammation Asthma Body mass index Lung function Obesity Sleep apnea syndrome |
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