The association of asthma and obesity: is it real or a matter of definition, Presbyterian minister's salaries, and earlobe creases?

Editorial

M M Wilson et al. Arch Intern Med. 1999.

. 1999 Nov 22;159(21):2513-4.

doi: 10.1001/archinte.159.21.2513.

No abstract available

Comment in

An immunologic mechanism for the association between obesity and asthma.
Varner AE. Varner AE. Arch Intern Med. 2000 Aug 14-28;160(15):2395-6; author reply 2396-7. doi: 10.1001/archinte.160.15.2395. Arch Intern Med. 2000. PMID: 10927743 No abstract available.
More research needed on the association between diagonal earlobe crease and coronary artery disease.
Cheng TO. Cheng TO. Arch Intern Med. 2000 Aug 14-28;160(15):2396-7. doi: 10.1001/archinte.160.15.2396. Arch Intern Med. 2000. PMID: 10927744 No abstract available.

Prospective study of body mass index, weight change, and risk of adult-onset asthma in women.
Camargo CA Jr, Weiss ST, Zhang S, Willett WC, Speizer FE. Camargo CA Jr, et al. Arch Intern Med. 1999 Nov 22;159(21):2582-8. doi: 10.1001/archinte.159.21.2582. Arch Intern Med. 1999. PMID: 10573048