Central airway collapse is related to obesity independent of asthma phenotype.
Swati A BhatawadekarUbong PetersRyan R WalshNirav DaphtaryErick S MacLeanVitor MoriKevin HodgdonC Matthew KinseyDavid A KaminskyJason H T BatesAnne E DixonPublished in: Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) (2021)
Excessive collapse of the central airways is related to obesity, and occurs in both obese controls and obese asthma. Increased airway collapse could contribute to ventilation abnormalities in obese individuals particularly at lower lung volumes, and complicate asthma in obese individuals.