'low lung function' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe the medical condition of a person whose lungs are not working as efficiently as they should. For example, "The patient has been diagnosed with low lung function, so he will need to take regular medication to improve his breathing."
Indeed, obesity is associated with high CRP and fibrinogen [28] and lower lung function [29] and may provide another link between systemic inflammation and low lung function.
IL-8 level has been identified in several studies as being closely associated with low lung function in asthmatic patients [26].
Low lung function is associated with increased morbidity and mortality.
Specifically, children born with low lung function are likely to have low lung function throughout childhood and into adult life.
This study found positive associations between low lung function and low parental education.
In subjects with COPD, health status is related to low lung function, dyspnoea, symptoms and comorbidities.
Like Hastie et al. [ 25], we identified patients with mixed granulocytic sputum inflammation exhibiting the lowest lung function.
Mixed granulocytic phenotype had higher levels of fibrinogen, the lowest lung function and the highest degree of bronchial hyperresponsiveness to methacholine (Tables 2 and 3).
Unlike in asthmatics who demonstrate best lung function in the peri-menstrual period, female CF patients have the highest lung function during the luteal phase and the lowest lung function during the pre-ovulatory phase [ 87].
As compared to subjects who changed their SES position over time, those who were 'never poor' or 'always poor' consistently presented the highest and lowest lung function results, respectively.
For example, subjects living within 100-250 m of the road had an higher prevalence of childhood respiratory troubles (chest cold, pertussis and bronchitis) (data not shown); in a previous study we had shown that subjects with childhood respiratory troubles had the lowest lung function values regardless of smoking habits [ 44].
