Correlation between body fat distribution and pulmonary function tests
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Physiology - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 2
Abstract
Obesity is a major public health challenge of the 21st century. Weight gain and rising BMI are associated with decreases in lung volumes, which are reflected by a more restrictive ventilatory pattern on spirometry. our aim the study to correlate body fat distribution and pulmonary function test. we got the results of inverse correlation between FEF 50% and FEF 75% and body fat. The correlation (association) among FEF50 % and FEF75 % with body fat is -0.19 and -0.22 and the p value is 0.04 and 0.025 which is significant. In this study, we found that body fat distribution is a better predictor of lung function as BMI was not significantly correlated whereas body fat distribution had a definite correlation with lung function parameters. This study emphasise that distribution of body fat can influence pulmonary function by altering the flow rates FEF 50% and FEF 75%.
Authors and Affiliations
K Ambareesha, Valarmathi C, Sanjay Andrew, Suresh M, Arkanshu Atha, Neelamegam U
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