FEV1 and total cardiovascular mortality and morbidity over an 18 years follow-up population-based prospective EPIC-NORFOLK study

• Main Authors: Ching, Siew Mooi, Chia, Yook Chin, Lentjes, Marleen A. H., Luben, Robert, Wareham, Nicholas, Khaw, Kay Tee
• Format: Article
• Published: BioMed Central 2019
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/79893/; https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-019-6818-x

Background Our study aimed to determine the association between forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) and subsequent fatal and non-fatal events in a general population. Methods The Norfolk (UK) based European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC-Norfolk) recruited 25,639 particip...