Participants with higher forced vital capacity, indicating better lung function, were less likely to develop heart disease, diabetes, and stroke over 10 years.

"Additionally, men experienced a 17% reduced risk of airway obstruction. In women, while higher hemoglobin levels were linked ...

It measures the total amount you were able to exhale, called the forced vital capacity (FVC). The test also measures how much you exhaled in the first second, known as FEV1. Other factors also ...

Results Pulmonary function tests were evaluated from 311 athletes, across 20 Olympic and 13 paralympic sports (48% female, mean +/- SD age: 25 ± 5 years). Supra-normal FEV1 and FVC values were ...