title: Association between asthma and obesity among immigrant Asian Americans, California Health Interview Survey, 2001-2011.
abstract: Our objective was to study the comorbidity of asthma and obesity among foreign-born Asian Americans, by subgroups. Public data from the California Health Interview Survey, 2001-2011, were analyzed by using independent logistic regressions, yielding the association between asthma and obesity (Asian and standard cutoffs for body mass index [BMIs]) of 19,841 Asian American immigrant respondents. Chinese, Filipino, South Asian, and Japanese immigrants had a positive association between lifetime asthma and obesity, whereas among Korean immigrants, a positive association was found between lifetime asthma and overweight status (standard BMI cutoffs). Routine screening for this comorbidity is warranted among immigrant Asian Americans.
authors.affiliation: Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, Californi.
authors.forename: Benjamin J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Becerra
authors.affiliation: California State University, San Bernardino, California.
authors.forename: Christy M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Scroggins
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Science and Human Ecology, California State University, 5500 University Parkway, San Bernardino, CA 92407. E-mail: mbecerra@csusb.edu.
authors.forename: Monideepa B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Becerra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001213:Asian; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*