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Geographical variation in lung function
Burney, Peter G.J.; Potts, James; Knox-Brown, Ben; Erhabor, Gregory; Hacene Cherkaski, Hamid; Mortimer, Kevin; Anand, Mahesh PadukudruSpirometry is used to determine what is "unusual" lung function compared with what is "usual" for healthy non-smokers. This study aimed to investigate regional variation in the forced vital capacity (FVC) and in the forced expiratory volume in one second to FVC ratio (FEV1/FVC) using cross-sectional data from all 41 sites of the multinational Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease study. Participants (5,368 men; 9,...
Quality of life associated with breathlessness in the multinational Burden of O...
Müller, Alexander; Wouters, Emiel F.M.; Burney, Peter; Potts, James; Cardoso, Joao; Al Ghobain, Mohammed; Studnicka, Michael; Obaseki, DanielPublisher Copyright: © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.; Introduction: Evidence of an association between breathlessness and quality of life from population-based studies is limited. We aimed to investigate the association of both physical and mental quality of life with breathlessness across several low-, middle- and high-income countries. Methods: We anal...