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Article: Obese patients at increased risk of severe asthma attacks
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- The Hindustan Times
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- May 24, 2007
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Washington, May 24 -- A new study has found that obese patients with asthma are more likely to have severe asthma when compared to those who are not overweight.
The study was conducted by a team of researchers including Brian Taylor, Fernando Holguin and colleagues at Emory University.
As part of the study, researchers conducted a survey of more than 3,000 adults by examining a data from the four-state sample of the National Asthma Survey, one of the largest diverse surveys of all asthma patients in the U.S.
The survey, collected over a one-year period, consists of self-reported, physician-diagnosed patients with ...