Association between low forced vital capacity and high pneumonia mortality, and impact of muscle power

N Shiokawa, T Okazaki, Y Suzukamo… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Impaired% predicted value forced vital capacity (% FVC) is related to higher all-cause
mortality in aged adults, and strong muscle force may improve this relationship. A muscle …

Association of lung function with overall mortality is independent of inflammatory, cardiac, and functional biomarkers in older adults: the ActiFE-study

G Weinmayr, H Schulz, J Klenk, M Denkinger… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Reduced lung function is associated with overall and cardiovascular mortality. Chronic low
grade systemic inflammation is linked to impaired lung function and cardiovascular …

Pulmonary function trajectories preceding death among older adults: a long-term community-based cohort study

J Wang, J Guo, A Dove, W Yang, X Li… - The Journals of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Poor pulmonary function (PF) has been linked to mortality, but the timing of PF
changes before death remains unclear. We aimed to examine the association between PF …

High mortality in an older Japanese Population with low forced vital capacity and gender-dependent potential impact of muscle strength: longitudinal cohort study

M Miyatake, T Okazaki, Y Suzukamo… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Generally, weak muscle power is associated with high mortality. We aimed to evaluate the
unknown association between% predicted value forced vital capacity (FVC% predicted) and …

Associations between urinary monohydroxy polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons metabolites and Framingham Risk Score in Chinese adults with low lung function

J Hou, H Sun, Y Guo, Y Zhou, W Yin, T Xu… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Previous studies have reported an association of exposure to polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs) with lung function decline or cardiovascular diseases, or reduced lung …

Prognostic values of modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular events in South African health promotion

JT Kganakga, P Bester, C Ricci, S Botha-Le Roux… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are increasing at an alarming rate among the
South African population. This study aimed to determine the prognostic value of modifiable …