Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2005)

Deep Inspiration Avoidance and Airway Response to Methacholine: Influence of Body Mass Index

  • Louis-Philippe Boulet,
  • Hélène Turcotte,
  • Geneviève Boulet,
  • Barbara Simard,
  • Patricia Robichaud

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2005/517548
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 7
pp. 371 – 376

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of deep inspiration avoidance response to methacholine inhalation in 23 nonobese (body mass index between 18 kg/m2 and 30 kg/m2) and 27 obese (body mass index 30 kg/m2 or greater), nonatopic, nonasthmatic normal subjects.