Study by year | Reason for exclusion |
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Castro-Rodriguez, 2001[33] | Outcome measure defined as FEV and wheeze, rather than physician-diagnosed asthma. |
Chinn & Rona, 2001[34] | Outcome measure not defined as physician-diagnosed asthma. |
Guerra et al., 2004[39] | Exposure variable not defined as BMI. |
Hancox et al., 2004[42] | Population over 18Â years of age. |
Mai et al., 2005[40] | Exposure variable not defined as BMI. |
Scholtens et al., 2009[35] | Outcome measure defined as wheeze or dyspnea or medication use, rather than physician-diagnosed asthma. |
Taveras et al., 2008[36] | Outcome measure defined as wheeze, rather than physician-diagnosed asthma. Exposure variable not defined as BMI. |
Tollefsen et al., 2007[37] | Outcome measure defined as wheeze, rather than physician-diagnosed asthma. |
Wake et al., 2010[41] | Incident asthma is not primary outcome of the study. |
Holguin et al., 2011[43] | Population over 18Â years of age. |
Suglia et al., 2011[44] | Cross-sectional analysis. |
Magnusson et al., 2012[38] | Outcome measure defined as at least 4 episodes of wheeze or 1 episode of wheeze with use of prescribed inhaled steroids, rather than physician-diagnosed asthma. |