The association of body mass index, weight gain and central obesity with activity-related breathlessness: the Swedish Cardiopulmonary Bioimage Study.

Magnus Pär EkströmAnders BlombergGöran BergströmJohn BrandbergKenneth CaidahlGunnar EngströmJan EngvallMaria ErikssonKlas GränsboTomas HansenTomas JernbergLars NilssonUlf NilssonAnna-Carin OlinLennart PerssonAnnika RosengrenMartin SandelinMagnus SköldJohan SundströmEva SwahnStefan SöderbergHanan A TanashKjell TorénCarl Johan ÖstgrenEva Lindberg

Published in: Thorax (2019)

Breathlessness is independently associated with obesity and with weight gain in adult life, and the association is stronger for individuals with lower lung volumes.

Keyphrases

weight gain
body mass index
birth weight
weight loss
physical activity
insulin resistance
skeletal muscle
high fat diet induced
preterm birth
drug induced