Physical activity to improve health: do not forget that the lungs benefit too. Issue 2 (1st February 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Puente-Maestu, Luis; Stringer, William W.
• Is Part Of: European respiratory journal. Volume 51:Issue 2(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-02-01
• Subjects: Respiratory organs -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Respiration -- Periodicals; 616.2
• DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02468-2017
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0903-1936

Abstract

In this issue of the European Respiratory Journal, Hancox and Rasmussen [1], present an analysis of data from two cohorts, one from Denmark and the other from New Zealand, demonstrating that, in cross-sectional analyses at all ages in both cohorts, aerobic fitness during the childhood and adolescence period was positively associated with forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1 ) and forced vital capacity (FVC) (figures 1 and 2). This association persisted despite independently adjusting for height, weight, sex, current asthma and current smoking. Each standard deviation difference in fitness was associated with a modestly higher predicted values for FEV1 and FVC (2–3%). Physically active children will enjoy better lung function in adulthood http://ow.ly/P1Pk30hFIPS