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Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2009 May 12;123(6):1321–7.e12. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.03.023

Table IV.

Association of each obesity measure with FEV₁ in asthmatic children with or without allergic rhinitis

Obesity measures	Allergic rhinitis				No allergic rhinitis

	n	Standardized β coefficient	Model R²	P value	n	Standardized β coefficient	Model R²	P value
BMI percentiles (kg/m²)	139	0.24	0.08	0.005	46	0.53	0.31	0.0005
Waist circumference (cm)	56	0.19	0.15	0.17	27	0.51	0.19	0.04
Waist to height ratio	51	0.29	0.24	0.04	26	0.36	0.13	0.11
Conicity index (m/√(kg/m))	51	0.23	0.20	0.12	26	−0.03	0.02	0.91

Adjusted for race, age group, gender, and income.