Severe asthma is associated with metabolic syndrome in Brazilian adolescents

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Pediatrics, Medical Sciences Faculty, State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Electronic address: fabkuschnir@gmail.com.
• ² Post-Graduate School of Medical Sciences Faculty of State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• ³ Adolescent Health Studies Center (NESA/UERJ) of Medical Sciences Faculty of State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• ⁴ Public Health Studies Institute (IESC), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• ⁵ Division of Allergy Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil.
• ⁶ Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira Department of Pediatrics of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (IPPMG-UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.