ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Children with obesity are at higher risk of asthma. It is known the relationship between asthma and obesity in children demonstrated by altered lung function in obese compared to normal weight children. However, few studies have evaluated changes in lung function in obese asthmatic patients undergoing therapy.Objective: The aimwas to evaluate the role of weight gain in the development of spirometry alterati...

Background: Controversial data exist on the possibility that inhaled glucocorticoids (IGs) affect growth in children with mild-to-moderate asthma. The majority of these studies are short-term reports lacking long-term assessment until the achievement of final height (FH).Objectives: To assess whether IGs affect growth and FH in asthmatic children compared to controls.Methods: 113 asthmatic (57/56 (males/females)) were compared to 6...