Sex differences in the ventilatory responses to exercise in mild to moderate obesity.

ABSTRACT:

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What is the central question of the study? What are the sex differences in ventilatory responses during exercise in adults with obesity? What is the main finding and its importance? Tidal volume and expiratory flows are lower in females when compared with males at higher levels of ventilation despite small increases in end-expiratory lung volumes. Since dyspnoea on exertion is a frequent complaint, particularly in females with obesity, careful attention should be paid to unpleasant respiratory symptoms and mechanical ventilatory constraints while prescribing exercise.

Abstract

Obesity is associated with altered ventilatory responses, which may be exacerbated in females due to the functional consequences of sex-related morphological differences in the respiratory

SUBMITTER: Bhammar DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9357174 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature