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Introduction: The effect of body mass index (BMI) on theincidence and prevalence of airway obstructive diseasesasthma, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema—is not clear.The nature of the relationship between BMI and airwayobstructive diseases are also complicated by the potentialeffect respiratory symptoms can have on appetite and physicalactivity. Proposed study was done to find out the associationbetween body mass index and lung functions in males withNon-obstructive airway disease identified by spirometricprotocols.Material and Methods: A retrospective analysis of thespirometry data obtained between August 2018 and January2019 was conducted in the Physiology Department, B. S.Medical College, Bankura for six months. In this study above300 test results over male subjects were taken from studydatabase. Out of those 234 test results of Non-obstructiveairway disease were included considering inclusion andexclusion criteria.Results: The Study shows FVC, FEV1, FEF25-75% PEFR,PIFR, FEF25% and FEF50% have significant positivecorrelation with BMI of underweight. But in normal subject’sonly significant positive correlation between BMI and PIFRwere observed. In overweight there is significant positivecorrelation observed between BMI and PEFR.Conclusion: Our study showed that clear association wasfound between pulmonary function parameters and BMI inmales with non-obstructive airway disease.
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Introduction: It is well documented that any sort of exercisedone regularly, is beneficial for health. Swimming is noexception and considered to be a very good exercise formaintaining proper health and also has a profound effect on thelung functions. Regular swimming practice gives a positiveeffect on the lungs by increasing the pulmonary capacity andthus improves the lung functions. The proposed study wascarried out with the above background, among swimmingbeginners undergoing a swimming training session to see howa course of swimming affect the lung function parameters.Material and Methods: The study was carried out on 32males and 12 females’ healthy young adults of either sex ofage group of 18-35 yrs. At the beginning of the swimmingsession recording of pulmonary functions tests was done foreach selected candidate (control group). Again procedureswere repeated at the end of three months and at the end of sixmonths for same candidates (case group).Results: In the present study, it is observed that there issignificant increase (p value <0.05) in FVC, FEV1, PEFR andMVV after three months and after six months of swimmingboth males and females separately.Conclusion: From the present study we concluded that evenafter short course of swimming training session there issignificant benefit in some parameters of lung function. Theimprove lungs function is thought to be duo to increase inrespiratory muscle mass. More elaborate and multi-centredstudies are needed to corroborate our findings