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Adiposity markers and lung function in smokers: a cross-sectional study in a Mediterranean population

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Pulmonary Medicine, December 2016
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Title
Adiposity markers and lung function in smokers: a cross-sectional study in a Mediterranean population
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BMC Pulmonary Medicine, December 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12890-016-0341-y
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Mar Sorlí-Aguilar, Francisco Martín-Luján, Gemma Flores-Mateo, Cristina Jardí-Piñana, Estefania Aparicio-Llopis, Josep Basora-Gallisà, Rosa Solà-Alberich, for the ESPITAP Study Group investigators

Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess the association of key adiposity markers with lung function in smokers without respiratory disease in a Mediterranean population. We performed a cross-sectional study with baseline data from a representative sample of the ESPITAP study in Spain. Participants were 738 smokers (52.3% men) without respiratory disease, aged 35 to 70, selected from 12 primary health care centres. We assessed weight, height, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR). The pulmonary functional parameters were forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) and FEV1/FVC ratio. In this cohort of smokers, 22.2% of individuals had central obesity. FVC% was inversely associated with all anthropometric measures (BMI, WC and WHtR) in the overall population and in men; in women, only BMI was associated with FVC%. FEV1% was inversely associated to BMI and WC in the overall population, and to all anthropometric measures in men. Furthermore, both BMI and obesity were positively associated with FEV1/FVC ratio overall and when stratified by sex; this suggests a restrictive pattern explained by the altered ventilator mechanics experienced by people with obesity. In a Mediterranean population of smokers without respiratory symptoms, abdominal obesity, evaluated not only by BMI and WC but also WHtR, is inversely associated with lung function. Fat distribution appears more strongly related to pulmonary function parameters in men than in women. In smokers with high values for WC, WHtR and BMI, assessment of lung function is recommended. Current Controlled Trials NCT01194596 . Registered 2 September 2010.

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Unknown 59 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 15%
Student > Bachelor 8 14%
Student > Master 8 14%
Professor > Associate Professor 3 5%
Lecturer 3 5%
Other 7 12%
Unknown 21 36%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 13 22%
Nursing and Health Professions 13 22%
Business, Management and Accounting 2 3%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 3%
Psychology 2 3%
Other 6 10%
Unknown 21 36%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 October 2017.
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#7,167,850
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#132,031
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Pulmonary Medicine
#17
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