Small Airway Dysfunction Affects One in Five Indian Adolescents: The Multicity APEAL Study
Summary Small airway dysfunction affected one in five adolescents and varied substantially across four Indian cities. Age, sex and study city, but not ambient PM 2.5 or NO 2 , were independently associated with FEF 25–75 .
Authors
- Harish Chandra Phuleria (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5801-0015)
- Rajesh K. Thimmulappa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6050-1323)
- Padukudru Anand Mahesh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1632-5945)
- Rajesh Majumder
- George D′Souza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0343-4675)
- Ashwaghosha Parthasarathi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7270-0247)
- Twinkle Agrawal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4636-3846)
- Jayaraj Biligere Siddaiah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6055-4580)
- Santu Ghosh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9373-9570)
- Mohammed Kaleem Ullah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8470-3114)
- Priya Samdarshi
- Anant Mohan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2383-9437)
- Sathish Chandran Mayigaiah
- Swapnali Patil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1820-4383)
Institutions
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research (IN)
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IN)
- St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences (IN)
- St.John's Medical College Hospital (IN)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical & Experimental Allergy
- Published
- 2026-08-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/cea.70423
- Primary Topic
- Asthma and respiratory diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00