Increased airway resistance can be related to the decrease in the functional capacity in obese women.
Larissa PerossiMayara HoltzDaniele Oliveira Dos SantosJéssica PerossiHugo Celso Dutra de SouzaWilson Salgado JuniorAda Clarice GastaldiPublished in: PloS one (2022)
The IOS is able to identify changes in airway resistance even before the onset of symptoms. When evaluated by IOS women with severe obesity and normal spirometry exhibited central and peripheral airways obstruction. The correlations between the IOS and six-minute walk distance suggest that increased peripheral airways resistance could be related to worsening functional capacity.