Lung function measurements in the Greenlandic Inuit population: results from the Greenlandic health survey 2017-2019.
P GeislerM E JørgensenC Viskum LarsenP BjerregaardV BackerA S HomøeI OlesenUlla Møller WeinreichPublished in: European clinical respiratory journal (2024)
This study indicates that Inuit has higher absolute lung function values than standard GLI, despite the large proportion of smokers, which indicate a need for Inuit reference values in the daily clinical praxis. The high prevalence of obstructive lung function and rapid decline in lung function indicates the need for fucus on health issues that may affect lung health in Greenland.