Abstract:Objectives: To examine whether lung function is a significant predictor for incident diabetes, asthma, myocardial infarction, hypertension and all-cause mortality, using a competing risks model. Methods: The data source used was the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (Epidemiological follow-up). For this cohort study, participants were prospectively followed from baseline (1970) until the end of the epidemiological follow-up (1984). We measured incident events based on self-reports or hospital vi… Show more
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