title: Reply: body mass index is a stronger predictor than the metabolic syndrome for future asthma in women.
authors.affiliation: 1 University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center School of Medicine Albuquerque, New Mexico.
authors.forename: Nour
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Assad
authors.forename: Clifford
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Qualls
authors.forename: Lewis J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arynchyn
authors.forename: Bharat
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Thyagarajan
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schuyler
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: Akshay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sood
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*