"Vital Capacity" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The volume of air that is exhaled by a maximal expiration following a maximal inspiration.
| Descriptor ID |
D014797
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.386.700.485.750.900 G09.772.850.970
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| Concept/Terms |
Vital Capacity- Vital Capacity
- Capacities, Vital
- Capacity, Vital
- Vital Capacities
Forced Vital Capacity- Forced Vital Capacity
- Capacities, Forced Vital
- Capacity, Forced Vital
- Forced Vital Capacities
- Vital Capacities, Forced
- Vital Capacity, Forced
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2013 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vital Capacity" by people in Profiles.
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Geographical variation in lung function: Results from the multicentric cross-sectional BOLD study. Pulmonology. 2025 Dec 31; 31(1):2430491.
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Restricted spirometry and cardiometabolic comorbidities: results from the international population based BOLD study. Respir Res. 2022 Feb 17; 23(1):34.
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Sleep Disturbance in Smokers with Preserved Pulmonary Function and with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2017 Dec; 14(12):1836-1843.
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Unemployment in chronic airflow obstruction around the world: results from the BOLD study. Eur Respir J. 2017 09; 50(3).
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Severity of Airflow Obstruction in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Proposal for a New Classification. COPD. 2017 Oct; 14(5):469-475.
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Biomass smoke exposure as an occupational risk: cross-sectional study of respiratory health of women working as street cooks in Nigeria. Occup Environ Med. 2017 10; 74(10):737-744.
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Association between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Lung Health from Young Adulthood to Middle Age. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017 05 01; 195(9):1236-1243.
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Respiratory and Bronchitic Symptoms Predict Intention to Quit Smoking among Current Smokers with, and at Risk for, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2016 09; 13(9):1490-6.
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Summarising published results from spirometric surveys of COPD: the problem of inconsistent definitions. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2014 Aug; 18(8):998-1003.
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease mortality and prevalence: the associations with smoking and poverty--a BOLD analysis. Thorax. 2014 May; 69(5):465-73.