Pathophysiological factors in the relationship between chronological age and calculated lung age as detected in a screening setting in community-dwelling subjects
Aim: To explore the relationship between pathophysiological factors and premature lung ageing in a cohort of community-dwelling subjects in a health-screening setting. Methods: 16,107 pharmacy customers in Germany (5954 males, 10153 females; mean age 59.7 years)) participated in a lung function scre...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-02-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmed.2016.00002/full |