The role of obesity and Type 2 diabetes in lung health: A systematic review (2024)

Roanne Lecky; Svitlana Grogan; Priyank Shukla; Sarah Atkinson; Paula L. McClean; Catriona Kelly

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0340692

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The role of obesity and Type 2 diabetes in lung health: A systematic review (2024)

Roanne Lecky,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Personalised Medicine Centre, School of Medicine, Ulster University, C-TRIC Building, Altnagelvin Hospital Campus, Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Svitlana Grogan,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Personalised Medicine Centre, School of Medicine, Ulster University, C-TRIC Building, Altnagelvin Hospital Campus, Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Priyank Shukla,

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Personalised Medicine Centre, School of Medicine, Ulster University, C-TRIC Building, Altnagelvin Hospital Campus, Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Sarah Atkinson,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Centre for Genomics Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Paula L. McClean,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Personalised Medicine Centre, School of Medicine, Ulster University, C-TRIC Building, Altnagelvin Hospital Campus, Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Catriona Kelly

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: c.kelly@ulster.ac.uk

Affiliation Personalised Medicine Centre, School of Medicine, Ulster University, C-TRIC Building, Altnagelvin Hospital Campus, Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3740-4511

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The role of obesity and Type 2 diabetes in lung health: A systematic review (2024)

Roanne Lecky,
Svitlana Grogan,
Priyank Shukla,
Sarah Atkinson,
Paula L. McClean,
Catriona Kelly

Published: January 23, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340692

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