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. 2023 Aug 15;208(4):493-495.
doi: 10.1164/rccm.202303-0448LE.

Impaired Lung Function in Extremely Preterm-Born Adults in Their Fourth Decade of Life

Tonje Bårdsen  1   2 , Ola D Røksund  1   3 , Tomas M L Eagan  4   2 , Karl Ove Hufthammer  5 , Merete R Benestad  1   6 , Hege S H Clemm  1   2 , Thomas Halvorsen  1   2 , Maria Vollsæter  1   2
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Impaired Lung Function in Extremely Preterm-Born Adults in Their Fourth Decade of Life

Tonje Bårdsen et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. .
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Group mean z-scores with 95% confidence intervals for lung function variables of participants born extremely preterm or at term, at 35 years of age. n/N for EP and term-born was for prebronchodilator spirometry 34/46 and 36/48; post-bronchodilator spirometry 22/46 and 23/48; DlCO and plethysmography 34/46 and 31/48, respectively. BD = bronchodilator; RV = residual volume.
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