Central airway collapse is related to obesity independent of asthma phenotype
Respirology2021Vol. 26(4), pp. 334–341
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Swati A. Bhatawadekar, Ubong Peters, Ryan R. Walsh, Nirav Daphtary, Erick S. MacLean, Vitor Mori, Kevin Hodgdon, C. Matthew Kinsey, David A. Kaminsky, Jason H. T. Bates, Anne E. Dixon
Abstract
Excessive collapse of the central airways is related to obesity, and occurs in both obese controls and obese asthma. Increased airway collapse could contribute to ventilation abnormalities in obese individuals particularly at lower lung volumes, and complicate asthma in obese individuals.
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