Reduced Forced Vital Capacity in an African Population. Prevalence and Risk Factors.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Black Africans have reduced FVC compared with white persons, but the prevalence and determinants of reduced values are not well understood.

Objectives

To evaluate the prevalence and factors leading to reduced FVC in a Nigerian population and to examine current theories regarding the determinants of this difference.

Methods

We studied the ventilatory function of 883 adults aged 40 years or older participating in the Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease Study in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Respondents completed pre- and post-bronchodilator spirometry test and provided information on their smoking history, respiratory symptoms, risk factors, and diagnoses, including anthropometric details. We used standard categories to define body mass index as either underweight, normal,

SUBMITTER: Obaseki DO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5427737 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature