Sex differences in lung function of adolescents or young adults born prematurely or of very low birth weight: a systematic review

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  • What: Four studies reported lung function data by sex. This included citation information, location of the research, language of the publication, time period of the study, study objective, design of the study, gestational age, birth weight, age at lung function testing, lung function parameters, inclusion and exclusion criteria and the study results. None of the studies were randomised and all were cohort studies, hence the Newcastle-Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale (NOS) was used to assess methodological quality. Whilst four studies demonstrated no difference in lung function in adulthood between the sexes, two large studies by Harris et_al . . .

     

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