Raquel Granell, John A Curtin, Sadia Haider, Negusse Tadesse Kitaba, Sara A Mathie, Lisa G Gregory, Laura L Yates, Mauro Tutino, Jenny Hankinson, Mauro Perretti, Judith M Vonk, Hasan S Arshad, Paul Cullinan, Sara Fontanella, Graham C Roberts, Gerard H Koppelman, Angela Simpson, Steve W Turner, Clare S Murray, Clare M Lloyd, John W Holloway, Adnan Custovic
A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of childhood wheezing phenotypes identifies ANXA1 as a susceptibility locus for persistent wheezing
eLife
purpose study investigate associations obesity motor coordination ability taiwanese children without developmental coordination disorder dcd 2029 children 1078 boys 951 girls aged nine ten years chosen randomly 14 elementary schools across taiwan used bioelectrical impedance analysis measure percentage body fat pbf movement assessment battery children test mabc test evaluate motor coordination ability using cutoff points based pbf past studies boys girls divided obese overweight normalweight groups respectively boys total impairment scores scores balance subtest mabc significantly higher obese overweight groups compared normalweight group girls obese overweight groups higher balance impairment scores normalweight group among boys prevalence obesity highest dcd group compared borderline dcd td boys higher percentage dcd girls overweight obese td girls obesity may associated poor motor coordination ability among boys girls particularly relation balance ability children dcd may higher risk overweight obese taiwan