The body mass index (BMI) of patients is considered as an important indicator to the severity of the disease.7, 8, 9 Adipocytes in the body can produce adipokines, adiponectin, and leptin, which may be related to the pathogenesis of asthma.10, 11 To investigate the pathogenesis of asthma in children, the correlations of asthma in children with BMI, adiponectin, and leptin were mainly investigated in this study. This evidence concerns the gene ADIPOQ and asthma.