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ArticlePulmonology2025

Geographical variation in lung function: Results from the multicentric cross-sectional BOLD study.

Peter G J Burney, James Potts, Ben Knox-Brown, Gregory Erhabor, Hamid Hacene Cherkaski, Kevin Mortimer, Mahesh Padukudru Anand, David M Mannino, Joao Cardoso, Rana Ahmed and 25 more

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Article in Pulmonology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

35 authors.

Peter G J BurneyNational Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
James PottsNational Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Ben Knox-BrownNational Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Gregory ErhaborDepartment of Medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University/Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Osun, Nigeria.
Hamid Hacene CherkaskiDepartment of Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, University Badji Mokhtar, Annaba, Algeria.
Kevin MortimerDepartment of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Mahesh Padukudru AnandDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, JSS Medical College, JSSAHER, Mysuru, India.
David M ManninoDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
Joao CardosoPulmonology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Lisboa, Portugal.
Rana AhmedThe Epidemiological Laboratory (Epi-Lab), Khartoum, Sudan.
Asma ElsonyThe Epidemiological Laboratory (Epi-Lab), Khartoum, Sudan.
Cristina BarbaraInstituto de Saúde Ambiental, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
Rune NielsenDepartment of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Eric BatemanDepartment of Medicine, University of Cape Town and UCT Lung Institute, Cape Town, South Africa.
Stefanni Nonna M ParaguasPhilippine College of Chest Physicians, Manila, Philippines.
Li Cher LohDepartment of Public Health, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and University College Dublin Malaysia Campus, Penang, Malaysia.
Abdul RashidDepartment of Public Health, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and University College Dublin Malaysia Campus, Penang, Malaysia.
Emiel Fm WoutersFaculty of Medicine, Sigmund Freud University, Vienna, Austria.
Frits Me FranssenDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Hermínia Brites DiasLisbon School of Health Technology, Polytechnic of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
Thorarinn GislasonFaculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Mohammed Al GhobainDepartment of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammed El BiazeDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fes, Morocco.
Dhiraj AgarwalVadu Rural Health Program, KEM Hospital Research Centre, Pune, India.
Sanjay JuvekarVadu Rural Health Program, KEM Hospital Research Centre, Pune, India.
Fatima RodriguesServiço de Pneumologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal.
Daniel O ObasekiDepartment of Medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University/Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Osun, Nigeria.
Parvaiz A KoulDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, India.
Imed HarrabiIbn El Jazzar Faculty of Medicine of Sousse, University of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia.
Asaad A NafeesDepartment of Community Health Sciences, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Terence SeemungalDepartment of Clinical Medical Sciences, The University of The West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
Christer JansonDepartment of Medical Sciences, Respiratory Allergy and Sleep Research, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
William M VollmerCenter for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, OR, USA.
Andre Fs AmaralNational Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0369-9449
A Sonia BuistDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA.

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spirometry is used to determine what is "unusual" lung function compared with what is "usual" for healthy non-smokers. This study aimed to investigate regional variation in the forced vital capacity (FVC) and in the forced expiratory volume in one second to FVC ratio (FEV

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SpirometryAdultAfricaAgedAge FactorsCross-Sectional StudiesEuropeFemaleForced Expiratory VolumeHumansLungMaleMiddle AgedPrincipal Component AnalysisVital Capacityairflow obstructionCross-sectional studiesforced expiratory volumeforced vital capacityglobal health

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PMID39641354
PMCPMC11627206

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