Association between waist circumference and lung function in American middle-aged and older adults: findings from NHANES 2007-2012

• Main Authors: Zichen Xu (Author), Lingdan Zhuang (Author), Lei Li (Author), Luqing Jiang (Author), Jianjun Huang (Author), Daoqin Liu (Author), Qiwen Wu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Purpose There is a major epidemic of obesity, and many obese patients suffer from respiratory symptoms and disease. However, limited research explores the associations between abdominal obesity and lung function indices, yielding mixed results. This study aims to analyze the association bet...