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Gender Differences and Obesity Influence on Pulmonary Function Parameters
OBJECTIVES: Overweight and obesity are known to cause various patterns of alteration to the pulmonary function test (PFT) parameters. We sought to investigate gender differences in PFT parameters and examine the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and PFT parameters. METHODS: We conducted a r...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6330191/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30671183 http://dx.doi.org/10.5001/omj.2019.07 |
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author | Zakaria, Rahimah Harif, Noraini Al-Rahbi, Badriya Aziz, Che Badariah Abdul Ahmad, Asma Hayati |
author_facet | Zakaria, Rahimah Harif, Noraini Al-Rahbi, Badriya Aziz, Che Badariah Abdul Ahmad, Asma Hayati |
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description | OBJECTIVES: Overweight and obesity are known to cause various patterns of alteration to the pulmonary function test (PFT) parameters. We sought to investigate gender differences in PFT parameters and examine the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and PFT parameters. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective study of 126 patients referred for a PFT by various medical specialties between January and December 2015. PFT was measured using spirometry, and BMI was calculated using Quetelet’s index. RESULTS: Female patients exhibited lower mean values for all PFT parameters compared to male patients. The forced vital capacity (FVC)% predicted was less than 80% for all patients while the ratio of forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV(1))/FVC was higher with increased BMI. BMI was positively correlated with peak expiratory flow in all patients, and with FEV(1)/FVC ratio in males but not in females. CONCLUSIONS: In our studied population, males exhibited higher mean values of PFT parameters than females. Increased BMI may be associated with a restrictive pattern on spirometry. |
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spelling | pubmed-63301912019-01-22 Gender Differences and Obesity Influence on Pulmonary Function Parameters Zakaria, Rahimah Harif, Noraini Al-Rahbi, Badriya Aziz, Che Badariah Abdul Ahmad, Asma Hayati Oman Med J Original Article OBJECTIVES: Overweight and obesity are known to cause various patterns of alteration to the pulmonary function test (PFT) parameters. We sought to investigate gender differences in PFT parameters and examine the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and PFT parameters. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective study of 126 patients referred for a PFT by various medical specialties between January and December 2015. PFT was measured using spirometry, and BMI was calculated using Quetelet’s index. RESULTS: Female patients exhibited lower mean values for all PFT parameters compared to male patients. The forced vital capacity (FVC)% predicted was less than 80% for all patients while the ratio of forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV(1))/FVC was higher with increased BMI. BMI was positively correlated with peak expiratory flow in all patients, and with FEV(1)/FVC ratio in males but not in females. CONCLUSIONS: In our studied population, males exhibited higher mean values of PFT parameters than females. Increased BMI may be associated with a restrictive pattern on spirometry. OMJ 2019-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6330191/ /pubmed/30671183 http://dx.doi.org/10.5001/omj.2019.07 Text en The OMJ is Published Bimonthly and Copyrighted 2019 by the OMSB. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Original Article Zakaria, Rahimah Harif, Noraini Al-Rahbi, Badriya Aziz, Che Badariah Abdul Ahmad, Asma Hayati Gender Differences and Obesity Influence on Pulmonary Function Parameters |
title | Gender Differences and Obesity Influence on Pulmonary Function Parameters |
title_full | Gender Differences and Obesity Influence on Pulmonary Function Parameters |
title_fullStr | Gender Differences and Obesity Influence on Pulmonary Function Parameters |
title_full_unstemmed | Gender Differences and Obesity Influence on Pulmonary Function Parameters |
title_short | Gender Differences and Obesity Influence on Pulmonary Function Parameters |
title_sort | gender differences and obesity influence on pulmonary function parameters |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6330191/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30671183 http://dx.doi.org/10.5001/omj.2019.07 |
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