Body mass index trajectories from birth to adolescence and their association with asthma: a longitudinal study of the Leicester Respiratory Cohorts
INTRODUCTION: Asthma has been associated with obesity in both adults and children. We investigated the association between longitudinal BMI trajectories and asthma at ages 8-9, 12-13, and 16-17 years in a UK cohort of White and South Asian children and adolescents. METHODS: We analysed data from the Leicester Respirato...