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Tracy Hampton, PhD

JAMA. 2008;300(1):32.

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Toronto—New data from a 20-year observational cohort study of more than 5000 young adults provide important insights into the development of asthma and low lung function. The findings from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study (http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/resources/deca/descriptions/cardia.htm) could lead to better diagnosis and treatment of these conditions, according to study investigators who presented their findings at the American Thoracic Society's 2008 International Conference held here in May.

CARDIA's goal was really to identify the natural history of coronary artery disease, but people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease die mostly of cardiac disease, not lung disease, said Ravi Kalhan, MD, of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. Because lung function measurements are being taken during the study, pulmonologists are able to investigate the development of lung disease among participants.

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LOW LUNG FUNCTION