The impacts of parity on lung function data (LFD) of healthy females aged 40 years and more issued from an upper middle income country (Algeria): A comparative study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Studies evaluating the impacts of parity on LFD of healthy females presented controversial conclusions. AIM:To compare the LFD of healthy females broken down according to their parities. METHODS:A medical questionnaire was administered and anthropometric data were determined. Two groups [G1 (n = 34): ≤ 6; G2 (n = 32): > 6] and three classes [C1 (n = 15): 1-4; C2 (n = 28): 5-8; C3 (n = 23): 9-14] of parities were identified. LFD (plethysmography, specific airway resistance (sRaw)] were determined. Student's t-test and ANOVA test with post-Hoc test were used to compare the two groups' and the three classes' data. RESULTS:G1 and G2 were age and height matched; however, compared to G1, G2 had a lower body mass index (BMI). C1, C2 and C3 were height, weight and BMI matched; however,

SUBMITTER: Ketfi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6839841 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature