Publications by authors named "Alex Robert Jenkins"
People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) tend to have abnormally low levels of fat-free mass (FFM), which includes skeletal muscle mass as a central component. The purpose of this systematic review was to synthesise available evidence on the association between FFM and exercise test outcomes in COPD. MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, Web of Science, and Scopus were searched.
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- * Chronic lung diseases identified include COPD, asthma, bronchiectasis, and restrictive lung diseases, with prevalence rates showing considerable variation; COPD ranged from 1.67% to 14.3% and asthma from 4.2% to 8.9%.
- * The findings also indicated that rural residents and those exposed to household air pollution have higher rates of airflow obstruction, and additional health issues like hypertension and diabetes worsen overall disease burden; hence, there's a need for better-quality research on respiratory health in the region.