CORRELATION OF ASTHMA SYMPTOMS CONTROL WITH WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE AND BMI IN SUBJECTS VISITING HEALTHCARE CENTERS IN INDIA
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.48047/Keywords:
Keywords: Asthma, Abdominal obesity, Body mass index, Waist circumferenceAbstract
Background: There is scarce data in the literature concerning the impact of abdominal
obesity and symptoms of Asthma.
Aim: To assess the Correlation of Asthma symptoms control with waist circumference and
BMI in subjects visiting healthcare centers in India.
Methods: The study assessed 220 subjects with asthma evaluated for asthma symptom
control and severity, and correlation was done with the parameters of obesity like waist
circumference based on WHO and Indian criteria.
Results: For Indian criteria, normal, overweight, and obese subjects having poorly controlled
asthma were 2.24% (n=4), 15.73% (n=28), and 82.02% (n=146) respectively, whereas, well
controlled were 14.28% (n=6), 23.80% (n=10), and 61.90% (n=26) subjects (p=0.04). In
subjects with abdominal obesity, asthma was poorly controlled in 43.63% (n=96) subjects
and was poorly controlled in 1.81% (n=4) study subjects respectively.
