Erick Forno1, Daniel J Weiner1, James Mullen1, Gregory Sawicki2, Geoffrey Kurland1, Yueh Ying Han1, Michelle M Cloutier3, Glorisa Canino4, Scott T Weiss5, Augusto A Litonjua5,6, Juan C Celedón1. 1. 1 Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 2. 2 Division of Pulmonary Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. 3. 3 Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Farmington, Connecticut. 4. 4 Behavioral Sciences Research Institute, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 5. 5 Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; and. 6. 6 Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Abstract
RATIONALE: For unclear reasons, obese children with asthma have higher morbidity and reduced response to inhaled corticosteroids. OBJECTIVES: To assess whether childhood obesity is associated with airway dysanapsis (an incongruence between the growth of the lungs and the airways) and whether dysanapsis is associated with asthma morbidity. METHODS: We examined the relationship between obesity and dysanapsis in six cohorts of children with and without asthma, as well as the relationship between dysanapsis and clinical outcomes in children with asthma. Adjusted odds ratios (ORs) were calculated for each cohort and in a combined analysis of all cohorts; longitudinal analyses were also performed for cohorts with available data. Hazard ratios (HRs) for clinical outcomes were calculated for children with asthma in the Childhood Asthma Management Program. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Being overweight or obese was associated with dysanapsis in both the cross-sectional (OR, 1.95; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.62-2.35 [for overweight/obese compared with normal weight children]) and the longitudinal (OR, 4.31; 95% CI, 2.99-6.22 [for children who were overweight/obese at all visits compared with normal weight children]) analyses. Dysanapsis was associated with greater lung volumes (FVC, vital capacity, and total lung capacity) and lesser flows (FEV1 and forced expiratory flow, midexpiratory phase), and with indicators of ventilation inhomogeneity and anisotropic lung and airway growth. Among overweight/obese children with asthma, dysanapsis was associated with severe disease exacerbations (HR, 1.95; 95% CI, 1.38-2.75) and use of systemic steroids (HR, 3.22; 95% CI, 2.02-5.14). CONCLUSIONS: Obesity is associated with airway dysanapsis in children. Dysanapsis is associated with increased morbidity among obese children with asthma and may partly explain their reduced response to inhaled corticosteroids.
RATIONALE: For unclear reasons, obesechildren with asthma have higher morbidity and reduced response to inhaled corticosteroids. OBJECTIVES: To assess whether childhood obesity is associated with airway dysanapsis (an incongruence between the growth of the lungs and the airways) and whether dysanapsis is associated with asthma morbidity. METHODS: We examined the relationship between obesity and dysanapsis in six cohorts of children with and without asthma, as well as the relationship between dysanapsis and clinical outcomes in children with asthma. Adjusted odds ratios (ORs) were calculated for each cohort and in a combined analysis of all cohorts; longitudinal analyses were also performed for cohorts with available data. Hazard ratios (HRs) for clinical outcomes were calculated for children with asthma in the Childhood Asthma Management Program. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Being overweight or obese was associated with dysanapsis in both the cross-sectional (OR, 1.95; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.62-2.35 [for overweight/obese compared with normal weight children]) and the longitudinal (OR, 4.31; 95% CI, 2.99-6.22 [for children who were overweight/obese at all visits compared with normal weight children]) analyses. Dysanapsis was associated with greater lung volumes (FVC, vital capacity, and total lung capacity) and lesser flows (FEV1 and forced expiratory flow, midexpiratory phase), and with indicators of ventilation inhomogeneity and anisotropic lung and airway growth. Among overweight/obesechildren with asthma, dysanapsis was associated with severe disease exacerbations (HR, 1.95; 95% CI, 1.38-2.75) and use of systemic steroids (HR, 3.22; 95% CI, 2.02-5.14). CONCLUSIONS:Obesity is associated with airway dysanapsis in children. Dysanapsis is associated with increased morbidity among obesechildren with asthma and may partly explain their reduced response to inhaled corticosteroids.
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airway dysanapsis; childhood asthma; childhood obesity; pulmonary function
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