Effects of Obesity and Sex on Supine Functional Residual Capacity and Expiratory Flow Limitation in Children
Children with obesity breathe at significantly lower lung volumes while supine, increasing the risk of EFL. A better physiologic understanding of the mechanical effects of obesity could potentially improve the management of sleep-related symptoms among children with obesity.
Authors
- Daniel P. Wilhite (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2506-4073)
- Tony G. Babb
- Dharini M. Bhammar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3358-2169)
- Temitayo Olojo
- Yulun Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2018-2935)
- Katerina Jones
- K. Alagappan
Institutions
- United States Department of Veterans Affairs (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- West Health (US)
- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (US)
- Presbyterian Hospital (US)
- Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine (US)
- Veterans Biomedical Research Institute (US)
- Southwestern Medical Center (US)
- Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
- The Ohio State University (US)
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
- Northeast Ohio Medical University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Pulmonology
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ppul.71061
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.04
Funders
- Ohio State University
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute