Metabolic syndrome and incidence of asthma

Home of Kyle J. Norton for The Better of Living & Living Health Obesity is defined as a medical condition of excess body fat has accumulated overtime, while overweight is a condition of excess body weight relatively to the height. According to the Body Mass Index(BMI), a BMI between 25 to 29.9 is considered over weight, while a BMI of over 30 is an indication of obesity. According to the statistic, 68% of American population are either overweight or obese. Clinically Overweight and obesity are defined indicators of a disease process characterized by the accumulation of body fat due to an excess of energy intake (nutritional intake) relative to energy expenditure (physical activity)(a).
Metabolic syndrome and incidence of asthma
Obesity is a risk factor for incident asthma in adults, and obesity is a major component of metabolic syndrome. In the study, conducted a prospective cohort study of participants who were asthma-free at baseline (n=23 191) in the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study from 1995 to 2008 to explore the associations of metabolic syndrome and its components with the cumulative incidence of asthma in adults, found that metabolic syndrome was a risk factor for incident asthma (adjusted OR 1.57, 95% CI 1.31 to 1.87). This association was consistent in sensitivity analyses using a stricter asthma definition (adjusted OR 1.42, 95% CI 1.13 to 1.79). Among the components of metabolic syndrome, two remained associated with incident asthma after mutual adjustment for the other metabolic components; high waist circumference (adjusted OR 1.62, 95% CI 1.36 to 1.94), and elevated glucose or diabetes (adjusted OR 1.43, 95% CI 1.01 to 2.04).Metabolic syndrome and two of its components (high waist circumference, and elevated glucose or diabetes) were associated with an increased risk of incident asthma in adults(2).
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(2) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23845717 
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