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Weight loss in obese patients with asthma
Weight reduction in obese patients with asthma has been found to improve asthma severity, airway hyper-responsiveness, asthma control, lung function and quality of life in this Canadian, prospective, controlled, parallel-group study (Chest 2015;147:1582–90. doi: 10.1378/chest.14-3105). Twenty-two patients with a mean body mass index of 45 were involved in this study. Sixteen patients followed a 3-month behavioural weight reduction programme with the remaining six patients acting as controls. After 3 months, a mean weight loss of 16.5 kg was seen in patients involved in the weight reduction programme compared with a mean weight gain of 0.6 kg in the control group. Significant improvement was seen in airway hyper-responsiveness (p=0.009), FEV1 (p=0.009), FVC (p=0.010), asthma control (p=0.001) and asthma quality of life (p=0.003) in the intervention group. There was no significant change in these parameters within the control group. The study supports the active treatment of comorbid obesity in individuals with asthma.
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