Distinctive lung function trajectories from age 10 to 26 years in men and women and associated early life risk factors – a birth cohort study

Abstract Pre-bronchodilator lung function including forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory flow in 1 second (FEV1), their ratio (FEV1/FVC), and forced expiratory flow 25–75% (FEF25–75) measured at age 10, 18, and 26 years in the Isle of Wight birth cohort was analyzed for developmental patte...

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Main Authors: Wilfried Karmaus, Nandini Mukherjee, Vimala Devi Janjanam, Su Chen, Hongmei Zhang, Graham Roberts, Ramesh J. Kurukulaaratchy, Hasan Arshad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:Respiratory Research
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12931-019-1068-0