Browsing by Author "García-Marcos, Luis"
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- ItemClinical, functional, and epidemiological differences between atopic and nonatopic asthmatic children from a tertiary care hospital in a developing country(2007) Castro Rodríguez, José Antonio; Ramírez, Ana M.; Toche, Paola; Pavón, Dolores; Pérez, María A.; Girardi, Guido B.; García-Marcos, Luis
- ItemInfluence of Mediterranean diet on asthma in children : a systematic review and meta-analysis(2013) García-Marcos, Luis; Castro Rodríguez, José Antonio; Weinmayr, Gudrun; Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B.; Priftis, Kostas; Nagel, Gabriële C.
- ItemMaternal nutrition during pregnancy and risk of asthma, wheeze and atopic diseases during childhood : a systematic review and meta-analysis(2015) Beckhaus, Andrea A.; García-Marcos, Luis; Forno, Erick; Pacheco-González, Rosa M.; Celedón, Juan Carlos; Castro Rodríguez, José Antonio
- ItemMediterranean Diet as a Protective Factor for Wheezing in Preschool Children(2008) Castro Rodríguez, José Antonio; García-Marcos, Luis; Alfonseda Rojas, Juan D.; Valverde-Molina, José; Sánchez-Solís de Querol, Manuel
- ItemOlive oil during pregnancy is associated with reduced wheezing during the first year of life of the offspring(2010) Castro Rodríguez, José Antonio; García-Marcos, Luis; Sánchez-Solís de Querol, Manuel; Pérez-Fernández, Virginia; Martínez-Torres, Antonela Elena; Mallol, Javier
- ItemPercent body fat, skinfold thickness or body mass index for defining obesity or overweight, as a risk factor for asthma in schoolchildren: Which one to use in epidemiological studies?(2008) García-Marcos, Luis; Valverde-Molina, José; Castaños Ortega, Maria L.; Sánchez-Solís de Querol, Manuel; Martínez-Torres, Antonela Elena; Castro Rodríguez, José AntonioNone of the epidemiological studies indicating that obesity is a risk factor for asthma in schoolchildren have used the percent body fat (PBF) to define obesity. The present study compares the definition of obesity using body mass index (BMI), PBF and the raw sum of the thickness of four skinfolds (SFT) to evaluate this condition as a risk factor for asthma. All classes of children of the target ages of 6-8 years of all schools in four municipalities of Murcia (Spain) were surveyed. Participation rate was 70.2% and the number of children included in the study was 931. Height, weight and SFT (biceps, triceps, subscapular and suprailiac) were measured according to standard procedures. Current active asthma was defined from several questions of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood questionnaire. Obesity was defined using two standard cut-off points for BMI and PBF, and the 85th percentile for BMI, PBF and SFT. The highest quartile of each type of measurement was also compared with the lowest. A multiple logistic regression analysis was made for the various obesity definitions, adjusting for age, asthma in the mother and father and gender. The adjusted odds ratios of having asthma among obese children were different for boys and girls and varied across the different obesity definitions. For the standard cut-off points of BMI they were 1.19 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.41-3.43]for girls and 2.00 (95% CI 0.97-4.10) for boys; however, for PBF (boys 25%, girls 30%) the corresponding figures were 1.54 (95% CI 0.63-3.73) and 1.20 (95% CI 0.66-2.21). BMI, PBF and SFT showed more consistency between each other when using the other cut-off points. BMI, PBF (except standard cut-off points) and SFT produce relatively comparable results when analysing the interaction between obesity and asthma.
- ItemSafety of regular use of long-acting beta agonists as monotherapy or added to inhaled corticosteroids in asthma. A systematic review(2009) Rodrigo, Gustavo Javier; Plaza Moral, Vicente; García-Marcos, Luis; Castro Rodríguez, José Antonio
- ItemWhat are the effects of a mediterranean diet on allergies and asthma in children?(2017) Castro Rodríguez, José Antonio; García-Marcos, LuisThis review updates the relationship between the adherence to Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) assessed by questionnaire and asthma, allergic rhinitis, or atopic eczema in childhood. It deals with the effect of MedDiet in children on asthma/wheeze, allergic rhinitis, and atopic dermatitis/eczema, and also with the effect of MedDiet consumption by the mother during pregnancy on the inception of asthma/wheeze and allergic diseases in the offspring. Adherence to MedDiet by children themselves seems to have a protective effect on asthma/wheezing symptoms after adjustment for confounders, although the effect is doubtful on lung function and bronchial hyperresponsiveness. By contrast, the vast majority of the studies showed no significant effect of MedDiet on preventing atopic eczema, rhinitis, or atopy. Finally, studies on adherence to MedDiet by the mother during pregnancy showed some protective effect on asthma/wheeze symptoms in the offspring only during the first year of life, but not afterward. Very few studies have shown a protective effect on wheezing, current sneeze, and atopy, and none on eczema. Randomized control trials on the effect of the adherence to MedDiet to prevent (by maternal consumption during pregnancy) or improve (by child consumption) the clinical control of asthma/wheezing, allergic rhinitis, or atopic dermatitis are needed.
- ItemWheezing and Asthma in childhood: an epidemiology approach(2008) Castro Rodríguez, José Antonio; García-Marcos, Luis