ArticleBMC pediatrics2022
Association between obesity and lung function in South African adolescents of African Ancestry.
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- Impact of obesity on pulmonary function of preschool children: an impulse oscillometry study.Clinical and experimental pediatrics · 2025Article
- Risk factors and predictive model for secondary hypoxemia following transthoracic drainage in traumatic pneumothorax.American journal of translational research · 2025Article
- Association Between Triglyceride-Glucose Index and Lung Function Parameters in the General Population Undergoing Health Examinations.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2024Article
- The negative association between weight-adjusted-waist index and lung functions: NHANES 2007-2012.PloS one · 2024Article
- Peak expiratory flow, core performance and physical activity in normal-weight, overweight, and obese adolescents.Clinical pediatric endocrinology : case reports and clinical investigations : official journal of the Japanese Society for Pediatric Endocrinology · 2024Article
- Overweight Prevalence among Rural Adolescents by Household Head Obesity and Socio-Economic Status in Limpopo, South Africa.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere is a growing body of literature on the increasing prevalence of obesity in adolescents of Sub-Saharan African ancestry. However, limited data is available on the impact of obesity on pulmonary function. This study assessed the relationship between obesity and lung function in South African adolescents of African ancestry.
methodsThis was a cross-sectional study involving 10-14 year old adolescents recruited from middle schools of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Anthropometric measurements were performed. Body mass index (BMI) was converted to percentiles for age and sex and used to classified obesity. Spirometry was performed to assess lung function. Chi-square test of association and binary regression analysis were used to assess the relationship between obesity and airway obstruction. Adjusted linear regression was used to determine the relationship between obesity and lung function parameters.
resultsA total of 540 adolescents were recruited for the study among which 77 (14.3%) were obese. Lung function parameters: forced vital capacity (FVC) and forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV
conclusionsObesity was associated with airway obstruction in South Africa adolescents of African ancestry.
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