Effects of Age, Sex, Race/Ethnicity, and Allergy Status in Obesity-Related Pediatric Asthma

JE Lang, HT Bunnell, JJ Lima. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2019;54(11):1684–1693 To determine the relationship between obesity and asthma incidence and assess the impact of age, gender, race/ethnicity and allergic status. The study included 507 496 children ages 2–17 years. Children without a history of asthma prior to the pre-defined study start date were included and overweight or obese children were 1:1 matched with healthy weight children. This was a large retrospective cohort study from 8 Pediatric institutions in the United States that were a part of PEDSNet (National Pediatric Clinical Network for Research), utilizing data through the Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics (OHDSI) common data model from …