Effects of Obesity on the pulmonary function test
Prensa méd. argent
; 105(10): 693-699, oct 2019.
Artigo
em Inglês
| LILACS, BINACIS
| ID: biblio-1025972
Biblioteca responsável:
AR392.1
ABSTRACT
Aim:
To evaluate the effects of increasing BMI on the Respiratory function.Introduction:
There is a worldwide increasing prevalence of overweihgt and obesity. Researchers have found that obesity affects the respiratory function leading to different respiratory medical illnesses, including asthma and obstructive deep apnea. The effect of obesity on the pulmonary functiion is assisted using different anthropometric measurements, like BMI, waist circumference, skin fold, etc. So the aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of increasing BMI on different respiratory function test measures.Methods:
23 adult males with BMI of 25 and above were included in the study and compared with 18 normal weight adult males with BMI of (18-24.99) regarding different measures of PFT like FVC, FEV1, PEFR and FEF.Results:
no significant difference was found between the two groupsñ.Conclusions:
there were no effects of increasing BMI on the respiratory functions
Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Base de dados:
BINACIS
/
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Testes de Função Respiratória
/
Índice de Massa Corporal
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Estudos de Casos e Controles
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Estudos Transversais
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Resultados Negativos
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Obesidade
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo observacional
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Estudo de prevalência
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Adulto
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Idoso
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Prensa méd. argent
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Iraque
Instituição/País de afiliação:
AlKindy College of Medicine/IQ
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Alkindy College of Medicine/IQ
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Medical College Kufa University/IQ
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University of Bahgdad/IQ