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Research Article 2020-04-22CC BYFree full text

Cohort profile: The Chikwawa lung health cohort; a population-based observational non-communicable respiratory disease study in Malawi.

Martin Njoroge, Sarah Rylance, Rebecca Nightingale, Stephen Gordon, Kevin Mortimer, Peter Burney +4 more

PurposeThe Chikwawa lung health cohort was established in rural Malawi in 2014 to prospectively determine the prevalence and causes of lung disease amongst the general population of adults living in a low-income rural setting in Sub-Saharan Africa. ParticipantsA total of 1481 participants were randomly identified and recruited in 2014 for the baseline study. We collected data on demographic, socio-economic status,…

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Research Article 2019CC0Free full text

Reduced forced vital capacity is independently associated with ethnicity, metabolic factors and respiratory symptoms in a Caribbean population: a cross-sectional study.

Sateesh Sakhamuri, Fallon Lutchmansingh, Donald Simeon, Liane Conyette, Peter Burney, Terence Seemungal

BACKGROUND: Relationships between low forced vital capacity (FVC), and morbidity have previously been studied but there are no data available for the Caribbean population. This study assessed the association of low FVC with risk factors, health variables and socioeconomic status in a community-based study of the Trinidad and Tobago population. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted using the Burden of Obs…

BMC Pulmonary Medicine PubMed Central Open Access

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