Body mass index and weight change are associated with adult lung function trajectories: the prospective ECRHS study | Thorax
Obesity and the role of adipose tissue in inflammation and metabolism. Am J Clin Nutr 2006;83:461S-5.doi:10.1093/ajcn/83.2.461S ... Changes in obesity status and lung function decline in a general population sample. Respir Med 2008;102:674-80.doi:10.1016/j. ... Obesity-induced inflammation: a metabolic dialogue in the language of inflammation. J Intern Med 2007;262:408-14.doi:10.1111/j. ... Physiology of obesity and effects on lung function. J Appl Physiol 2010;108:206-11.doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00694.2009 ...
Which aspects of breathing during sleep influence the overnight fall of blood pressure in a community population? | Thorax
1994) Blood pressure, snoring, obesity, and nocturnal hypoxaemia. Lancet 344:643-645, . ... upper body obesity and alcohol consumption. Recent work has suggested that, even in a community population, minor degrees of ... obesity indices, as well as the questionnaire measures of snoring, alcohol, and tobacco consumption. In addition, interactive ... and the waist to height ratio19 were calculated to provide indices of general and upper body obesity, respectively. ...
Association of clinically significant obstructive sleep apnoea with risks of contracting COVID-19 and serious COVID-19...
In addition, obesity tends to be highly under-reported in health administrative databases.49 We minimise this limitation by ... During wakefulness, the effect of obesity on lung volumes and proinflammatory state worsens control of these conditions. A ... Validated methods for identifying individuals with obesity in health care administrative databases: a systematic review. Obes ... obesity-related restricted lung volumes and hypoventilation.44 45 At the same time, it has been hypothesised that COVID-19 ...
Nocturnal non-invasive nasal ventilation in stable hypercapnic COPD: a randomised controlled trial | Thorax
Patients with sleep apnoea (apnoea-hypopnoea index ,20/h) or morbid obesity (body mass index ,40) were excluded. Outcome ...
Effects of non-invasive ventilation on sleep in chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure | Thorax
Therefore, patients with obesity, slowly and rapidly progressive neuromuscular disease and chronic obstructive airways disease ...
Predictors and prevalence of obstructive sleep apnoea and snoring in 1001 middle aged men. | Thorax
... and obesity (r2 = 1%) as the only significant independent predictors of the rate of overnight hypoxic dipping. This study shows ... and less so with age and general obesity. ...
Current Issue | Thorax
Original research: Effect of obesity on airway and systemic inflammation in adults with asthma: a systematic review and meta- ... Acetazolamide for metabolic alkalosis complicating respiratory failure with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or obesity ...
Health, social and economical consequences of sleep-disordered breathing: a controlled national study | Thorax
These results do not reflect the individual impact of SDB alone as levels of comorbidity (eg, obesity, smoking, craniofacial ... Background The objective direct and indirect costs of sleep-disordered breathing (snoring, sleep apnoea (SA) and obesity ... Percentages of patients with a diagnosis of snoring, sleep apnoea, or obesity hypoventilation syndrome and control subjects who ... Snoring, sleep apnoea (SA) and obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS)-described jointly as sleep-disordered breathing (SDB)-are ...
Forced vital capacity, airway obstruction and survival in a general population sample from the USA | Thorax
Some restriction may be seen where there is a physical constriction of the lungs due either to abdominal obesity or where rib ...
Regular physical activity reduces hospital admission and mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a population based...
... obesity, cancer, osteoporosis, quality of life, depression and anxiety, among other disorders.47 Whether the lack of a clear ...
Air pollution affects lung cancer survival | Thorax
... obesity, previous lung disease and occupational exposures). These omitted factors could have spuriously induced the observed ...