[Determination and comparison of pulmonary function with anthropometric indexes in asthmatic and non-asthmatic obese
Benjamín Zepeda Ortega1, Fernando M Ito Tsuchiya, Gerardo A Espinola Reyna
1Departamento de alergia e inmunología clínica pediátrica, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, México DF.
Background:
Anomalies in pulmonary function tests in obese are oriented predominantly to restrictive pathology, not been demonstrated efficiently.
Objective:
To determine and compare pulmonary function tests (PFT) with anthropometric measurements by spirometry and plethysmograph in asthmatic obese (AO) and non-asthmatic obese (NAO) adolescents.
Patients And Method:
Cross-sectional study, with 86 adolescents. Obesity was defined as body mass index (BMI) greater to 95% percentile according to CDC and asthma, on the basis of the definition and criteria of GINA guidelines. Clinical history was made, doing anthropometric measures and PFT with determination of: forced vital capacity with maximal expiratory effort, forced expiratory volume in the first second, specific resistance and conductance.
Results:
The average age was 12.68 years +/- 1.85, 39 were NAO and 47 AO, who had intermittent to persistent asthma, 14 patients received 200 mcg budesonide/day at least 4 weeks previous to the study. The average values in AO and their standard error for anthropometry were: weight: 68.5 +/- 13.6 kg, height: 154.58 +/- 9.1 cm, BMI: 28.27 +/- 3.24 kg/m2, abdominal circumference (AC): 98 +/- 8.85 cm and hip circumference (HC): 100 +/- 8.87 cm, in NAO: weight: 76.1 +/- 14.7 kg, height: 155.7 +/- 7.85 cm, BMI: 31.04 +/- 4.46 kg/m2, AC: 102 +/- 11.05 cm and HC: 103.28 +/- 10.6 cm.
Conclusions:
In NAO post-beta2 Raw diminished whereas Sgaw increased. Greater BMI in AO displayed greater FEV1 with statistic significance. Obstructive ventilator pattern mechanics was observed in both groups.
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