Sleep quality as a confounding factor of maternal weight and preschool wheezing

Autor:	Sergio Tufik, Karen Tieme Nozoe, André Campiolo Boin, Daniel Ninello Polesel, Gustavo Antonio Moreira, Monica Levy Andersen
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Male Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine Pregnancy Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Sleep quality business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Confounding Mothers Weight Gain medicine.disease Obesity Asthma Chronic disease medicine Humans Female business Respiratory Sounds
Zdroj:	European Respiratory Journal. 43:1542-1543
ISSN:	1399-3003 0903-1936
DOI:	10.1183/09031936.00202113
Popis:	To the Editor: We read with great interest the recently published article by Leermakers et al. [1] that takes an outstanding view of the relationship of maternal weight with the risk of preschool wheezing. We would like to highlight the importance of this study, as it shows a bidirectional interaction between pregnancy and childhood health. Moreover, we would like to congratulate the authors on the accomplishment of this research and suggest additional considerations for further investigations. Currently, asthma is the most common chronic disease in children in the USA. It is noteworthy that the incidence of asthma in childhood has progressively increased, being observed 8.7% of cases in 2001 and 9.6% in 2009 [2]. For instance, 17% of children in the USA have a diagnosis of obesity and there is a higher prevalence of asthma in obese children [3]. …
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