Respiratory Consequences of Mild-to-Moderate Obesity: Impact on Exercise Performance in Health and in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

<table>Postbronchodilator lung volume components are shown divided by global initiative for chronic obstructive lung disease (GOLD) stage and BMI. The normal column represents measurements from an age-matched healthy, nonsmoker population. UW: underweight; NW: normal weight; OW: overweight; OB: obese; IC: inspiratory capacity; ERV: expiratory reserve volume; RV: residual volume, from O’Donnell et al. [<a href="/journals/pm/2012/818925/#B94">12</a>].</table>

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Figure 5: Respiratory Consequences of Mild-to-Moderate Obesity: Impact on Exercise Performance in Health and in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 

Figure 5 | Respiratory Consequences of Mild-to-Moderate Obesity: Impact on Exercise Performance in Health and in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 