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. 2011 Jan 6;37:1. doi: 10.1186/1824-7288-37-1

Table 5.

Prevalence of current wheezing and exercise-induced wheezing among obese, overweight and normal weight school-age children

Symptoms Obesity N = 64 Overweight N = 84 Normal weight N = 755 p value
No. % No. % No %

Wheeze in the past year 44 68.75 31 37 4 0.53 <0.001
Exercise-induced wheeze 15 23.4 13 15.5 3 0.4 0.009