Author, as appears in the article.: Estefania Aparicio-Llopis; Mar Sorlí-Aguilar; Francisco Martín-Luján; Gemma Flores-Mateo; Cristina Jardí-Piñana; Josep Basora-Gallisà; Rosa Solà-Alberich; ESPITAP Study Group
Department: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques Medicina i Cirurgia
URV's Author/s: APARICIO LLOPIS, ESTEFANIA; Mar Sorlí-Aguilar; Francisco Martín-Luján; Gemma Flores-Mateo; Cristina Jardí-Piñana; BASORA GALLISA, JOSEP; SOLÀ ALBERICH, ROSA MARIA; ESPITAP Study Group
Keywords: Lung function test obesity overweight
Abstract: Background: The aim of this study was to assess the association of key adiposity markers with lung function in smokers without respiratory disease in a Mediterranean population. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study with baseline data from a representative sample of the ESPITAP study in Spain. Participants were 738 smokers (52.3% men) without respiratory disease, aged 35 to 70, selected from 12 primary health care centres. We assessed weight, height, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR). The pulmonary functional parameters were forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) and FEV1/FVC ratio. Results: In this cohort of smokers, 22.2% of individuals had central obesity. FVC% was inversely associated with all anthropometric measures (BMI, WC and WHtR) in the overall population and in men; in women, only BMI was associated with FVC%. FEV1% was inversely associated to BMI and WC in the overall population, and to all anthropometric measures in men. Furthermore, both BMI and obesity were positively associated with FEV1/FVC ratio overall and when stratified by sex; this suggests a restrictive pattern explained by the altered ventilator mechanics experienced by people with obesity. Conclusion: In a Mediterranean population of smokers without respiratory symptoms, abdominal obesity, evaluated not only by BMI and WC but also WHtR, is inversely associated with lung function. Fat distribution appears more strongly related to pulmonary function parameters in men than in women. In smokers with high values for WC, WHtR and BMI, assessment of lung function is recommended. Trial registration: Current Controlled Trials NCT01194596. Registered 2 September 2010.
Research group: Alimentació, Nutrició, Creixement i Salut Mental Unitat de Recerca de Lípids i Arteriosclerosi
Thematic Areas: Ciències de la salut Ciencias de la salud Health sciences
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
ISSN: 1471-2466
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Record's date: 2017-01-12
Journal volume: 16
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://bmcpulmmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12890-016-0341-y
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Article's DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-016-0341-y
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2016
First page: 178
Publication Type: Article Artículo Article