… Finally, it should be recognized that the natural history of lung function, not only in healthy …
progressive decline of lung function. This could be a limitation, especially in very sick patients. …

… decline rates for each lung function measure. If these were not reported, we calculated crude
decline rates for all reported lung function … , we determined crude rates of decline from the …

… that describe lung function progression … rate of CF lung disease quantified as decline of
FEV 1 %predicted over age, (ii) summarise the influence of identified risk factors on lung function …

… decline of lung function (18–20). Our purpose in this study was to evaluate lung function
decline … In this analysis, we hypothesized that lung function decline is an independent predictor …

… risk factors for subjects being in the group with the most rapidly declining lung function. …
interest in our analysis was lung function and the decline in lung function from the baseline visit …

… function, measured using various functional parameters, is inversely associated with
subsequent mortality from all causes, lung … between the rate of decline in lung function and both …

… Lung function was measured in five cross sectional surveys of men and women in the town
… The aim of this study was to examine the association between decline in lung function and …

… rate of decline of lung function in asthma? In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,
exacerbations clearly contribute to increased rates of lung function decline, … loss of lung function, …

… evaluate annual rate of FEV 1 decline as … lung function decline accelerates with age among
COPD patients, although age has been recognized as a factor contributing to rapid decline …

… with rate of decline in lung function stratified by baseline lung function, and we found that the
… was stronger (greater decline) for FEV 1 /FVC ratio but weaker (slower decline) for FEV 1 …