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…he lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease, cancer, and respiratory disease largely plateaued after reaching about 20 MET hours/week of tot…

…years of follow-up, 38 847 deaths were recorded, with 9901 from cardiovascular disease, 10 719 from cancer, and 3159 from respiratory disease. Total p…

…ead and neck cancer (RR 21.31 (95% CI 4.32 to 105.14), I2=97%), liver cancer (RR 4.07 (95% CI 2.34 to 7.08), I2=94%), cervical cancer (RR 3.…

…esity and overweight. Among adults with a non-Asian background, obesity should be diagnosed if waist circumference is ≥88 cm in women o…

…Background Respiratory disease is a leading cause of hospitalisations in children with cerebra…

…tis (aOR, 0.81 (0.74–0.88)), emphysema (aOR, 0.59 (0.52–0.65)), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (aOR, 0.63 (0.45–0.89)) and lower relative risk of a restrictiv…

…asbestosis by half (Risk Ratio, RR: 0.52, 95% CI 0.43-0.63) and lung cancer by 15% (RR: 0.85, 95% CI 0.78-0.92) compared to the observed na…

…nge 23 – 66), mean BMI 25.1 kg/m² (SEM 1.24) with no history of respiratory disease and previous plethysmographic lung volumes within normal limits…

… of lung function. It is used diagnostically, for management of respiratory disease, and is an outcome measure in many respiratory trials. While de…

…Introduction Respiratory disease is a national clinical priority, with delayed and inaccurate di…

…lar to or higher than those in cigarette smoke, contributing to respiratory disease, cardiovascular damage and cancer. The WHO has flagged WPS as a…

…ous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stents (DES-PCI) in multivessel coronary artery disease remains controversial, with conflicting evidence from observati…