Association between perinatal and early life exposures and lung function in Australian Indigenous young adults: The Aboriginal Birth Cohort study
Vidya Navaratnam,
Douglas L. Forrester,
Anne B. Chang
et al.
Abstract:Background and ObjectiveDespite the high burden of respiratory disease amongst Indigenous populations, prevalence data on spirometric deficits and its determinants are limited. We estimated the prevalence of abnormal spirometry in young Indigenous adults and determined its relationship with perinatal and early life factors.MethodsWe used prospectively collected data from the Australian Aboriginal Birth Cohort, a birth cohort of 686 Indigenous Australian singletons. We calculated the proportion with abnormal sp… Show more
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