Analysis of pulmonary function tests, BMI and blood pressure

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Asthma, body mass index, blood pressure, spirometry, bronchial hyperreactivity

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Andrea Lebreiro Guimaraes Venerabile
Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF). Niteroi, RJ.
Gláucia Macedo de Lima
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Ingrid David Marins Giuliani
Escola de Medicina Souza Marques (EMSM)
Manuela Barros de Alarcão Bento
Escola de Medicina Souza Marques (EMSM)
Ingrid dos Anjos Teixeira
Hospital Federal dos Servidores do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (HFSE-RJ). Rio de Janeiro, RJ.

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Objectives: Asthma, obesity and hypertension are conditions with high prevalence today, which increase morbidity and mortality of pediatric patients in the future. This study aims to determine the prevalence of obstructive ventilatory defects (OVD), bronchial hyper-reactivity (BHR), abnormal blood pressure at rest, hypertensive peak during exercise testing, correlating these variables with BMI. Methods: Cross-sectional, retrospective, descriptive and analytical study. Were evaluated 537 asthmatics of Asthma Pole of Municipal Hospital of Piedade, who performed pulmonary function tests, bronchoconstriction exercise test on a treadmill and bronchodilator test with salbutamol, from 1999 to 2009. Chi-square and relative risk with confidence interval 95% (CI) of 95% were performed. Results: BHR in 344 of the 537 patients evaluated (64%), altered pressure in 46 of the 422 patients analyzed (10.9%), hypertensive peak in 53 of the 420 patients studied (12.6%). Conclusions: Asthmatics with high BMI are 2.87 times more at risk of having their PA changed at rest and 3.84 times more risk for hypertensive peak physical exercise (p < 0.001). Asthmatics with BHR is 1.97 times more at risk of having OVD (p <0.001). Conclusions: Analysis of asthmatic with pulmonary function tests showed elevated BMI associated with elevated blood pressure.

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Venerabile, A. L. G., Lima, G. M. de, Giuliani, I. D. M., Bento, M. B. de A., & Teixeira, I. dos A. (2026). Analysis of pulmonary function tests, BMI and blood pressure. Revista De Pediatria SOPERJ, 16(2), 26–30. Retrieved from https://revistadepediatriasoperj.org.br/rps/article/view/367
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