title: Use of FEV1 as a measure of lung health in the UK BiLEVE study - Authors' reply.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK.
authors.forename: Louise V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Wain
authors.affiliation: Population Health Research Institute, St George's, University of London, London, UK.
authors.forename: David P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Strachan
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK; National Institute for Health Research, Leicester Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK. Electronic address: mt47@leicester.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Martin D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Tobin
authors.affiliation: Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK. Electronic address: ian.hall@nottingham.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Ian P
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000235:genetics*; D012907:Smoking / Q000235:genetics*