Overweight improves long-term survival in Japanese patients with asthma

Obesity is a risk factor for severe and difficult-to-treat asthma. However, the impact of different physiques on long-term outcomes is poorly understood. We aimed to investigate the correlation between obesity and asthma-associated long-term mortality in Japanese adults.From the data on 3146 individuals with air pollution-related respiratory diseases in the Omuta City Air Pollution-Related Health Damage Cohort Program, 697 adult patients with...