Systemic sclerosis-related interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) is the leading cause of death
in SSc. In this study, we aimed to describe the baseline severity and evolution of forced vital …

… severity of disease when longitudinal lung function … study of genetic modifiers of CF lung
disease (12). The goal of the … of being severe from the logistic regression of disease severity on …

… Because FEV 1 CF% remains relatively stable for a number of years for many patients
with CF and is predictive of lung function at age 20, we chose to use AvgFEV 1 CF% as a …

… study of lung function in long-term silica-exposed workers documents that disease severity,
… than by plain roentgenogram, is also reflected on lung function as restrictive changes. The …

… correlation between lung function and … Lung function explained 3945% of the variation in
these QL dimensions. QL did not correlate with other lung function parameters, muscle function …

… the interaction between baseline level of lung function and rapid lung function decline (Figure
1), an effect of both baseline lung function and lung function decline could be seen. …

… on decline in lung function, 14 with lung function as the … The lung function data were
logarithmically transformed as the work of Fletcher 7 suggests a non-linear decline in lung function …

The lung pathology of severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been
poorly investigated. We examined surgical specimens obtained from patients with severe (forced …

… Other factors associated with the development of COPD include poor initial lung function, …
more likely than others to develop impaired lung function, but it seems likely that differences …

… 20 571 participants with complete demographic, lung function, smoking, hospitalisation and
… lung function according to the modified Global Initiative on Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD…