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Project No. 143 (1998)Pulmonary Function in FemalesStudent Authors: Hamda Al Suweidi, Sedra Al-MansouriFaculty Supervisors: Prof. O. Lloyd, Prof. N. NormanAbstract:Objectives The accurate assessment of the effect of different determinant on the lungfunction is basic to the care of children, adolescents and adults that are exposed tothis determinant. What is required is the understanding of the relationship betweendifferent determinants and the pulmonary function, which is what we are looking for.Females are being investigated in this project.Methods The study has been done on 100 UAE female in the out patient clinic of bothTawam and A Jimi clinic. Fifty of them were locals while the other fifty were not. Datacollection was done through an "interviewer administrated questionnaire" and using aportable spirometer has collected the measurement of commonly performed lungfunction testResults The VC in locals was (2.20 ± 0.470 which was greater than non-nationals2.11± 0.38. We found out that the lung function declines with increase in age in bothnationals and non-nationals whom are ( 35) (1.97 0.33). Obesity is a risk factor and it causes adecline in pulmonary lung function, for VC in lean people was (2.33 ± 0.50) Maids hadthe lowest pulmonary lung function in compared to those obese = (2.27 ± 0.50).comparison to subjects of other jobs, and this was highly significant for the P-valuewas 0.006. Those who possessed pets had a lower pulmonary lung function than thosewithout pets did. The FEV/FVC ratio was (89.63 ± 7.23) in those with pets and (90.65± 7.44) in those without pets. According to residence areas, those living in Yahar hadthe lowest lung function results. Frankincense was found to have a negative affect onthe pulmonary lung functions for those who used incense had an FEV/FVC ratio of(90.28 7.41), while in those who did not use incense it was (95.41 ± 0.78).Surprisingly we found out that smokers had a better lung function than non-exposedto passive smokers did. VC was (2.14 ± 0.43) in passive smokers, (2.11, 0.39) innon-exposed and (2.35 + 0.41) in smokersConclusion The present study provides the pulmonary function for local and non-localfemales living in Al-Ian and the effect of different determinants like age, nationality,job, pets, residency, frankincense and smoking. Further studies on larger numbersare needed, to explore it more and to confirm the findings.