Fibular length and vital capacity in the multinational Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease follow-up study

Peter G J Burney¹, Tracey Nguyen², Dhiraj Agarwal³, Christer Janson⁴, Rune Nielsen^{4

5}, Padukudru Anand Mahesh⁶, Rain Jögi⁷, Gregory Erhabor⁸, Meriam Denguezli^{9

10}, Karima El Rhazi¹¹, James Potts¹², Asaad A Nafees¹³, Parvaiz Koul¹⁴, Stefanni N Paraguas^{15

16}, André F S Amaral^{12

17}; Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease collaborators

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¹ National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK p.burney@imperial.ac.uk.
² School of Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK.
³ Vadu Rural Health Program, KEM Hospital Research Centre, Pune, India.
⁴ Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
⁵ Department of Thoracic Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
⁶ Department of Respiratory Medicine, JSS Medical College, JSSAHER, Mysore, India.
⁷ Lung Clinic, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia.
⁸ Department of Medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University/Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
⁹ Université de Sousse, Faculté de Médecine de Sousse, Sousse, Tunisie.
¹⁰ Université de Monastir, Faculté de Médecine Dentaire de Monastir, Monastir, Tunisie.
¹¹ Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, Research Laboratory of Epidemiology and Research in Health Sciences, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdillah University, Hassan II University Hospital Centre, Fes, Morocco.
¹² National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK.
¹³ Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
¹⁴ Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, India.
¹⁵ Philippine College of Chest Physicians, Quezon City, Philippines.
¹⁶ Philippine Heart Centre, Quezon City, Philippines.
¹⁷ NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK.

PMID: 40571322
PMCID: PMC12287606
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00690-2025

Fibular length and vital capacity in the multinational Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease follow-up study

Peter G J Burney et al. Eur Respir J. 2025.

. 2025 Jul 24;66(1):2500690.

doi: 10.1183/13993003.00690-2025. Print 2025 Jul.

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Affiliations

¹ National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK p.burney@imperial.ac.uk.
² School of Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK.
³ Vadu Rural Health Program, KEM Hospital Research Centre, Pune, India.
⁴ Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
⁵ Department of Thoracic Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
⁶ Department of Respiratory Medicine, JSS Medical College, JSSAHER, Mysore, India.
⁷ Lung Clinic, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia.
⁸ Department of Medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University/Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
⁹ Université de Sousse, Faculté de Médecine de Sousse, Sousse, Tunisie.
¹⁰ Université de Monastir, Faculté de Médecine Dentaire de Monastir, Monastir, Tunisie.
¹¹ Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, Research Laboratory of Epidemiology and Research in Health Sciences, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdillah University, Hassan II University Hospital Centre, Fes, Morocco.
¹² National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK.
¹³ Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
¹⁴ Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, India.
¹⁵ Philippine College of Chest Physicians, Quezon City, Philippines.
¹⁶ Philippine Heart Centre, Quezon City, Philippines.
¹⁷ NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK.

PMID: 40571322
PMCID: PMC12287606
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00690-2025

Abstract

The association between long bone length and vital capacity was consistently small and non-significant in this multinational study https://bit.ly/43FmQnH

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Conflict of interest: The authors have confirmed that they have no potential conflicts of interest to disclose.

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