Details of ethics approval
The study received ethical approval from the Ethical and Protocol Review
Committee of the College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana
(MS-Et/M.12-P4), and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC)
Institutional Review Board, Nashville, TN, USA (VUMC IRB #141050). The
ethical approval was obtained in 2014.
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TABLE 1 Characteristics of the study population of pregnant women with
FEV1≥65% compared to those with
FEV1<65% (n = 104)