Blacker blacks have weakers lungs

Genetic Ancestry in Lung-Function Predictions: "African ancestry was inversely related to forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) and forced vital capacity in the CARDIA cohort."

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

They average smaller lungs, not weaker.

TGGP said...

How are we defining "weakness" of lungs?

n/a said...

That the underlying cause is smaller lungs rather than pathology does not change the fact that they move less air in a given amount of time.