A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY ON THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN BODY MASS INDEX AND PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE IN CHILDREN

Abstract

Abstract A total of 100 children were screened; were finally included instudy and data taken up for statistical analysis . On 
analysing the demographic characteristics of the population studied, it was found that the age of the students varied from 
8 to 15 years with a mean of 9.30± 0.54 years.Age-wise, frequency was 4% in 8 years, 62% in 9 years and 34% in 10 years 
of age respectively.t was found that 59 (59%) of the students were male and 41 (41%) were female in the study population 
Among the children in the study population, frequency of male was 59 (59%) and female was 41(41%) who were exposed 
to indoor smoking and the rest were not exposed.On analysing the family history of asthma, frequency of male was 59 
(59%) and female was 41(41%) had a history of asthma On questioning on the presence of pets in the house, frequency of 
male was 59 (59%) and female was 41(41%) of the children had pets, including dogs, cats, birds and other pets