We considered several factors that may affect lung function as potential confounders in our analyses, including demographic factors (age, sex, ethnicity, and immigration status), anthropomorphic data (standing height, weight), physical activity (daily energy expenditure), and tobacco smoking status.
Objectives: We evaluated the lag structure of air pollutant associations with lung function and potential effect modification by DNA methylation (< or ≥ median) at 26 individual CpG sites in nine candidate genes in a well-characterized cohort of elderly men.
A single controlled human exposure study examined O3 effects on lung function and potential modification of response among three SES categories (based on father's educational attainment), although the study was not originally designed to investigate SES (Seal et al. 1996).
Devices to assess lung function are a potential source of nosocomial infection.
A number of clinical trials have investigated the effect of plant-based medicine on lung function and their potential anti-inflammatory effect on systemic circulation.
The study was designed to observe the relationship between albuterol enantiomer levels and lung function measures and potential extrapulmonary adverse effects among patients presenting with exacerbation of asthma and COPD respectively.
Our data support the proposition that neutralisation of IL-13 will benefit patients with chronic persistent asthma by reducing airway inflammation and improving lung function, with the potential to reduce the number and severity of exacerbations and the need for corticosteroids.
Despite the heterogeneity of surgical types, most trials found that protective ventilation strategies could attenuate the inflammatory responses, improve lung function and minimise potential oxygen desaturation.
However, our study goes further to show that some inflammatory markers are elevated in patients with simultaneous inadequate control and decreased lung function, suggesting a potential association.
In addition to quantifying the impact of ETS on morbidity, health care utilization and lung function, we also investigated potential mechanisms of effect by assessing systemic SOD activity in relation to ETS exposure.
