Clinical Characteristics
Among the normal weight and overweight/obese groups, frequency of inhalant allergen sensitization was detected in 23.3.% and 21.6% respectively (p=0.84). The unplanned hospital admission due to asthma exacerbation in the previous year was found to be 2.1 ± 2.5 in the normal weight and 2.3 ± 2.4 in the overweight/obese groups (p = 0.59). Use of inhaled steroids at presentation were not significantly different between the groups (91.2% in the normal weight and 94.6% in the overweight/obese groups respectively, p=0.54). TRACK scores were significantly lower in the overweight/obese group compared to the normal weight group (75.9±21.1 vs 85.9±17.8, p=0.001) (Table 1).