Hypothesis
In UK servicemen who served in Afghanistan during Operation Herrick who experienced ‘blast injury’, there will be a restrictive pattern in their spirometry. Servicemen who served at the same time and place but were not injured in an explosion would not.
Summary
The project tries to find a restrictive pattern in the spirometry of servicemen exposed to a blast injury compared to unexposed servicemen. Spirometry collected according to the ADVANCE study protocol, SOP, and other important variables detailed below will be imported into and analysed using STATA. The distributions of variables will first be examined, followed by a data ‘cleaning’ process. A statistical analysis plan will then be devised, with the help of the ADVANCE statistician. A report of our findings will be provided to the ADVANCE project as part of a BSc project.
Keywords
Lung Function, Spirometry, Blast