The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 124, Issue 2 , Pages 207-212 , August 2009

Does higher body mass index contribute to worse asthma control in an urban population?

  • Emmanuelle M. Clerisme-Beaty, MD, MHS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Sabine Karam, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Cynthia Rand, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md
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  • Cecilia M. Patino, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif
    • ,
  • Andrew Bilderback, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md
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  • Kristin A. Riekert, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md
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  • Sande O. Okelo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md
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  • Gregory B. Diette, MD, MHS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Gregory B. Diette, MD, MHS, Division of Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine, 1830 E Monument St, Fifth Floor, Baltimore, MD 21205.

Received 19 December 2008 ,Revised 12 May 2009 ,Accepted 15 May 2009.

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 Supported by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute grant 5UO1HL072455 and National Institutes of Health grant K12 RR017627.

 Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: C. Rand is a consultant for Schering-Plough and the Merck Foundation. The rest of the authors have declared that they have no conflict of interest.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.05.034

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 124, Issue 2 , Pages 207-212 , August 2009

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