Thinness negatively affects lung function among Sri Lankan children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There have been conflicting findings on the effect of body mass index (BMI) on lung functions in children. Therefore, we studied the relationship between spirometry parameters and BMI among healthy Sri Lankan school children aged 5-7 years.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted among 296 school children (5-7-year-old) without apparent lung disease. Recruitment was done with stratified random sampling. Spirometry parameters, FEV1, FVC, PEFR, and FEV1/FVC ratio were determined. The acceptable and reproducible spirometry recordings were included in the analysis. Simple and multivariate linear regression analysis examined possible associations of lung function parameters with BMI, socio-demographic variables and indoor risk factors. Also, the mediator effect o

SUBMITTER: Senevirathna N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9345351 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature