AAP News Vol. 14 No. 7 July 1998, p. 2
© 1998 American Academy of Pediatrics
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Effects of childhood pneumonia

Carla Kemp and Luann Zanzola

Adults who had pneumonia by the time they were 7 years old are more likely to have reduced lung function, according to a study of 1,392 British adults. Researchers, however, aren't sure whether childhood pneumonia causes the loss of lung function or whether the disease is more common in youths whose lungs don't function well.

Researchers studied the effects of childhood pneumonia and whooping cough in adults who were followed from their birth in 1958. Of the 1,392 subjects, 193 had a history of pneumonia, and 215 had a history of whooping cough by age 7.