Does obesity increase the risk of developing asthma?

Obesity, Inflammation and Asthma - Is there an inter-relationship?

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12605000334606

Acronym

MAISI

Enrollment

Registered

2005-09-07

Start date

2005-04-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Non-interventional observational study

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

0 to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Obese women BMI>32, Non-obese women BMI<25, asthma as defined by ATS.

Exclusion criteria

Men, Smokers, Subjects on oral steroids and those on inhaled steroids will have them withdrawn, pregnancy, breast feeding, hormonal replacement or contracteption, non-asthmatics with a exhaled nitric oxide >30 or atopy to skin prick testing.

Outcome results