OBESITY PHENOTYPE INFLUENCES TREND IN PULMONARY FUNCTION INDICES RECOVERY FOLLOWING ABDOMINAL SURGERY: PRELIMINARY REPORT FROM A NIGERIAN POPULATION.

Background: Obesity phenotypes are known to have varying effects on pulmonary function but their effects on trends of pulmonary function indices' recovery among abdominal surgery patients is unclear.

Objective: To investigate the influence of obesity phenotype on pulmonary function trend among abdominal surgery patients.

Methods: An observational study involving 28 female patients aged 20-60 years who were never-smokers.