From: Lung function in obese children and adolescents without respiratory disease: a systematic review
Authors (year) | Objective | Spirometry measurement | Other lung function measurment | Obesity as an independent variable | Exercise | |||||
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FVC | FEV1 | FEV1/FVC | FEF25–75% | PEF | ERV | |||||
Peng et al. [11] (2016) - China | To evaluate whether weight index is associated with high blood pressure, reduced FVC, dental caries and low vision, as well as whether nutritional status can predict diseases in schoolchildren | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | – | No | No |
Özgen et al. [13] (2015) - Turkey | To evaluate the relation between lung function tests and functional capacity during exercise in children with obesity | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | – | Yes | Yes |
Kongkiattkul et al. [14] (2015) - Thailand | To evaluate the correlation between obesity indexes (anthropometry and bioimpedance) and lung function parameters and to identify whether the indexes correlate with abnormalities in lung function of children and adolescents with obesity | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | + Body Plethysmography | Yes | No |
Ferreira et al. [15] (2014) - Brazil | To assess the influence of obesity on physical and lung function of children and adolescents with obesity and to associate the variables with a control group | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | – | Yes | Yes |
Rastogi et al. [16] (2014) – United States of America | To investigate the association between total fat, trunk fat and metabolic abnormality with lung function of a sample of minority urban adolescents | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | + Body Plethysmography | No | |
Faria et al. [17] (2014) - Brazil | To investigate lung function response during exercise in adolescents with non-morbid obesity and without respiratory diseases | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | + Respiraory Muscular Force | Yes | Yes |
Rio-Camacho et al. [20] (2013) - Spain | To investigate the left ventricular mass (echocardiography) of children with obesity, with and without metabolic syndrome; to evaluate the association between the level of adipokine and circulating cytokine and the alteration of left ventricular mass and spirometry; and to determine the best variable to predict cardiovascular risk | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | – | Yes | No |
Gibson et al. [19] (2014) - Australia | To evaluate (i) whether children and adolescents with overweight or obesity can be submitted to submaximal exercise; (ii) respiratory limitations during exercise in children and adolescents with overweight and obesity compared to the control group | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | + Multi-breath Nitrogen Wash Out | Yes | Yes |
Chen et al. [22] (2009) - Canada | To evaluate waist circunference as a predictor of lung function markers and to compare it with BMI in children and adolescents | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | – | No | No |
Ferreira et al. [25] (2017) - Brazil | To evaluate lung function of children and adolescents with obesity (without asthma) by Spirometry and volumetric capnography and to compare them to healthy control of the same age group | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | + Volumetric Capnography | Yes | No |
Del-Rio Navarro et al. [26] (2013) - Mexico | To compare bronchial hyperreactivity by the methacholine challenge testing in Mexican children with normal weight. In addition, to associate the group with normal weight with children with obesity or morbid obesity | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | + Methacoline Challenge Testing | Yes | No |
Jeon et al. [28] (2009) – South Korea | To evaluate the factors that influence lung function in female adolescents, focusing on the hormonal factors of the menstrual cycle and obesity | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | – | No | No |
He et al. [29] (2009) - China | To evaluate the relationship of obesity and asthma, symptom of asthma and lung function of Chinese schoolchildren using the definition of overweight and obesity of a Chinese group | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | – | No | No |
Silva et al. [30] (2011) - Brazil | To assess the onset of exercise-induced bronchospasm in children and adolescents, without asthma and overweight | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | + Peak Expiratory Flow Meter | Yes | Yes |
Assumpção et al. [32] (2017) - Brazil | To compare IOS parameters of children with normal weight, overweight and obesity | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | + Impulse Oscillometry | Yes | No |
Cibella et al. [33] (2015) - Italy | To investigate the effects of weight on lung function of healthy children in a sample registered in 2 cross-sectional surveys with selected age group | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | – | No | No |
Silva et al. [34] (2015) - Brazil | To evaluate the effects of posture on thoracoabdominal kinematics of children with obesity and to compare them with a control group with normal weight | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | + Respiraory Muscular Force + Optoelectronic Plethysmography | Yes | No |
Torun et al. [35] (2014) - Turkey | To compare lung function in children with normal weight, overweight, obesity or morbid obesity and to evaluate the effects of degree of obesity on lung function | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | – | Yes | No |
Khan et al. [36] (2014) - Canada | To associate anthropometric measures and lung function in children | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | – | Yes | No |
Rosa et al. [37] (2014) - Brazil | To evaluate respiratory muscular strength by maximum respiratory pressure in healthy, schoolchildren with overweight and obesity, and to identify if the anthropometric and respiratory variables are related to the outcomes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | + Respiraory Muscular Force | Yes | No |
Assunção et al. [38] (2014) - Brazil | To describe pulmonary functional alterations in asymptomatic and overweight children and adolescents | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | + Helium Washout | Yes | No |
Alghadir et al. [40] (2012) - Saudi Arabia | To investigate the relationship between severity of obesity and parameters of lung function, comparing lung function in Saudi men with overweight and obesity with individuals with normal weight, and to compare the value found with the reference values for Caucasian individuals | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | – | Yes | No |
Paralikar et al. [41] (2012) - India | To evaluate lung function in adolescents with obesity in the city of Baroda, Gujarat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | – | Yes | No |
Supriyatno et al. [42] (2010) - Indonesia | To determine the prevalence of abnormalities in lung function among Indonesian male adolescents and young people with obesity | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | – | No | No |