Rahul Nawander, Senior Consultant, Underwriting Research and Policy Development at RGA International Corporation has written this document outlining that obesity is now a major risk factor for asthma.
“Obesity (body mass index > 30), already a known risk factor for hypertension, Type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis and some forms of cancer, now presents with significant evidence as a major risk factor for asthma. Obesity-associated asthma presents a distinct clinical phenotype distinguished by later onset, higher prevalence in females, more symptoms than classic atopic asthma and with a relatively low degree of eosinophilic inflammation”, says Nawander.
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