Body mass index and weight change are associated with adult lung function trajectories: the prospective ECRHS study.
Gabriela Prado PeraltaAlessandro MarconAnne-Elie CarsinMichael J AbramsonSimone AccordiniAndre F S AmaralJosep M AntóGayan BowattePeter BurneyAngelo CorsicoPascal DemolyShyamali DharmageBertil ForsbergElaine FuertesVanessa Garcia-LarsenThorarinn GíslasonJosé-Antonio GullónJoachim HeinrichMathias HolmDeborah L JarvisChrister JanssonRain JogiAne JohannessenBénédicte LeynaertJesús Martínez-Moratalla RoviraDennis NowakNicole Probst-HenschChantal RaherisonJosé-Luis Sánchez-RamosTorben SigsgaardValérie SirouxGiulia SquillaciotiIsabel UrrutiaJoost WeylerJan-Paul ZockJudith M Garcia-AymerichPublished in: Thorax (2020)
Moderate and high weight gain over 20 years was associated with accelerated lung function decline, while weight loss was related to its attenuation. Control of weight gain is important for maintaining good lung function in adult life.