Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like aspirin may lessen the adverse effects of air pollution exposure on lung function, a study claims.
Researchers from Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, and Harvard Chan School of Public Health in the US analysed a subset of data collected from a cohort of 2,280 males from the greater Boston area who were given tests to determine their lung function.
The average age of participants in the study, published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, was 73 years.
Lung function tests include a variety of tests that check how well the lungs work.