Cohort study: childhood predictors of lung function trajectories and future COPD risk

Childhood predictors of lung function trajectories and future COPD risk: a prospective cohort study from the first to the sixth decade of life – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Related article: Lung function trajectories from pre-school age to adulthood and their associations with early life factors: a retrospective analysis of three population-based birth cohort studies – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Three-quarters of COPD cases are linked to childhood risk factors that are exacerbated in adulthood – The Lancet, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Early intervention may minimise later lung problems – The Melbourne Newsroom (free) AND COPD Risk Factors Evident Early in Life – NEJM Physician’s First Watch (free)