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World J Diabetes. Oct 15, 2020; 11(10): 425-434
Published online Oct 15, 2020. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v11.i10.425
Published online Oct 15, 2020. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v11.i10.425
Association between restrictive pulmonary disease and type 2 diabetes in Koreans: A cross-sectional study
Do Y Lee, Seung M Nam, Department of Physical Therapy, Daegu University, Gyeongsan-si 38453, South Korea
Author contributions: Lee DY performed the experiments, interpreted the results, and wrote the manuscript; Nam SM interpreted the results, wrote and revised the manuscript, and supervised the study.
Institutional review board statement: The Korea national health and nutrition examination survey (KNHANES, 2015) is a research ethics review that corresponds to research conducted by the government for public welfare in accordance with article 2, paragraph 1 of the bioethics act and article 2, paragraph 1 of the enforcement rule of the same act. Conducted without deliberation by the committee.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors have no conflicts of interest related to the manuscript.
Data sharing statement: All data have been anonymized and can be officially downloaded from the website. https://knhanes.cdc.go.kr/knhane
Corresponding author: Seung M Nam, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Daegu University, 201, Daegudae-ro Gyeongsan-si 38453, South Korea. 20849606@hanmail.net
Received: June 25, 2020
Peer-review started: June 25, 2020
First decision: July 30, 2020
Revised: August 11, 2020
Accepted: August 31, 2020
Article in press: August 31, 2020
Published online: October 15, 2020
Processing time: 111 Days and 0.5 Hours
Peer-review started: June 25, 2020
First decision: July 30, 2020
Revised: August 11, 2020
Accepted: August 31, 2020
Article in press: August 31, 2020
Published online: October 15, 2020
Processing time: 111 Days and 0.5 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: This study was performed to assess whether restrictive and obstructive patterns of pulmonary disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are associated with each other in Koreans. For our analysis, we used data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. A total of 2830 subjects were included in this study. Spirometry results were categorized into three patterns: normal, restrictive, and obstructive pulmonary disease. Restrictive pulmonary disease, not obstructive disease, is highly relevant to T2DM regardless of other risk factors of various T2DMs that can be confounds.