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SUBMITTER: He B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6962201 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
He Baoting B Kwok Man Ki MK Au Yeung Shiu Lun SL Lin Shi Lin SL Leung June Yue Yan JYY Hui Lai Ling LL Li Albert M AM Leung Gabriel M GM Schooling C Mary CM
Scientific reports 20200115 1
We aimed to determine if prematurity and lower birth weight are associated with poorer lung function in a non-western developed setting with less marked confounding by socioeconomic position. Using multivariable linear regression in Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" birth cohort, adjusted associations of prematurity and birth weight with forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV<sub>1</sub>), forced vital capacity (FVC), and forced expiratory flow at 25-75% of the pulmonary volume (FEF<sub>25-75%</ ...[more]