AUTHOR=Ioan Iulia , Gemble Aurore , Hamon Isabelle , Schweitzer Cyril , Metche Stéphanie , Bonabel Claude , Nguyen-Thi Phi L. , Hascoet Jean-Michel , Demoulin-Alexikova Silvia , Marchal François 

TITLE=Expiratory Flow – Vital Capacity: Airway – Lung Dysanapsis in 7 Year Olds Born Very Preterm?

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Physiology

VOLUME=9

YEAR=2018

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physiology/articles/10.3389/fphys.2018.00650

DOI=10.3389/fphys.2018.00650

ISSN=1664-042X

ABSTRACT=<p>An index normalizing airway dimension for lung size derived from spirometry was found inversely correlated to lung size in school children born very preterm, indicating larger alveolar volumes draining into comparatively smaller airways. In contrast in children born full term the index was independent of lung size.</p>