Comparison of body composition parameters in the study of the association between body composition and pulmonary function.
Caren IshikawaMarco Antonio BarbieriHeloisa BettiolGabriel BazoAlexandre A FerraroElcio Oliveira ViannaPublished in: BMC pulmonary medicine (2021)
The anthropometric and body composition parameters were negatively associated with the spirometric variables FVC and FEV1. We have also observed that simple measures such as waist-height ratio were sufficient to detect the association of body composition with pulmonary function reduction.