Are body mass index change and atopic diseases always associated in children and adolescents?
These results indicate a nonsignificant trend between increased body weight and risk of atopic diseases. Aside from limitations owing to a small subgroup of obese participants and questionnaire-based asthma diagnosis, reasons might be related to an interaction between BMI and hormonal influences, age, and duration and severity of overweight. The results underline that BMI does not necessarily play a decisive role in the course of atopic diseases in all populations.
Our results confirm the high incidence of hypoalbuminemia, hypertriglyceridemia, and hypercholesterolemia and associated low levels of high-density lipids, even in young PD patients, and demonstrate that these remain unchanged during PD. Such results have not previously been reported in PD patients as young as ours. Abnormal lipid profiles are a neglected cardiovascular risk factor in children with renal failure; therapeutic interventions should therefore be seriously considered.