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- Researchers studied 39 people who were part of a study when they were kids to see how early health issues affect their lungs as adults.
- They looked at special pictures called CT scans taken when these people were 26 years old.
- The study found that those who had lung infections as kids had more problems with their lungs, like trapped air, when they grew up.
Article Abstract
Several factors occurring in early life, including lower respiratory tract illnesses (LRIs), are involved in determining lung structure and function in adulthood, but the effects of these factors on lung development remain largely unknown. Hereby, we evaluated the parameters from computed tomography (CT) scans performed at the age of 26 years in 39 subjects from the birth cohort of the Tucson Children's Respiratory Study (TCRS) in order to determine the relationship between early childhood factors and lung structural changes in young adult life. We found that participants with LRIs in childhood had increased air trapping at the age of 26 suggesting an association between childhood infections and lung development.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10389168 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2022.107062 | DOI Listing |
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