Structural and Functional Features on Quantitative Chest Computed Tomography in the Korean Asian versus the White American Healthy Non-Smokers.
Hyun Bin ChoKum Ju ChaeGong Yong JinJiwoong ChoiChing Long LinEric A HoffmanSally E WenzelMario CastroSean B FainNizar N JarjourMark L SchieblerR Graham BarrNadia HanselChristopher B CooperEric C KleerupMeiLan K HanPrescott G WoodruffRichard E KannerEugene R BleeckerStephen P PetersWendy C MooreChang Hyun LeeSanghun Choinull nullPublished in: Korean journal of radiology (2020)
Koreans had unique features of airway structure and lung function as compared with Whites, and the difference was clearer in female individuals. Discriminating structural and functional features between Koreans and Whites enables exploration of inter-racial differences of pulmonary disease in terms of severity, distribution, and phenotype.