Patterns of lung function in asymptomatic nonsmoking men and women in the People's Republic of China

W. M. Vollmer; R. Tsai; Y. Wu; Y. H. Li; L. R. Johnson; O. D. Williams; Y. Li; X. Rao; A. S. Buist

doi:10.1016/S1047-2797(01)00288-5

Patterns of lung function in asymptomatic nonsmoking men and women in the People's Republic of China

W. M. Vollmer
, R. Tsai
, Y. Wu
, Y. H. Li
, L. R. Johnson
, O. D. Williams
, Y. Li
, X. Rao
, A. S. Buist

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

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Abstract

PURPOSE: To evaluate patterns of lung function in healthy, working Chinese men and women in different geographic areas of the People's Republic of China (PRC). METHODS: We conducted lung function tests on 2926 asymptomatic, never smoking Chinese men and women aged 35-56 years residing in or around Beijing and Guangzhou. Within each of these locations, separate urban and rural samples were recruited. RESULTS: Age and height adjusted lung function was greater in Beijing than in Guangzhou, and within each city for residents of rural vs. urban areas. Among women, estimated rates of lung aging were greater in Beijing than in Guangzhou, and in urban vs. rural areas. Both FEV₁ and FVC exhibited a curvilinear association with body mass index. CONCLUSIONS: Lung function data from this largely working cohort exhibited marked geographic and urban-rural differences in this never smoking, adult Chinese cohort. Such variation is not uncommon and may reflect differences in body size, diet, and environmental and occupational exposures across these different settings. Caution should be used in applying published reference equations to populations from different parts of the PRC.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	295-302
Number of pages	8
Journal	Annals of Epidemiology
Volume	12
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1047-2797(01)00288-5
State	Published - 2002

Funding

This work was supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, under contracts N01-HV-12243, N01-HV-08112, and N01-HV-59224 with the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC and by the People's Republic of China Ministry of Public Health, the Cardiovascular Institute and Fu Wai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, and the Guangdong Provincial Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou.

Funders	Funder number
Cardiovascular Institute
China Ministry of Public Health
Guangdong Provincial Cardiovascular Institute
National Institute of Health National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute	N01-HV-08112, N01-HV-12243, N01-HV-59224
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

Keywords

Asymptomatic
Chinese
Epidemiology
Nonsmokers
Spirometry

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Epidemiology

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