Age and gender specific lung function predictive equations provide similar predictions for both a twin population and a general population from age 6 through adolescence

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 631-639

  Yu, Nxian ^a   Kumar, Rajesh ^b   Venners, Scott ^c   Pongracic, Jacqueline ^b   Wang, Mdbinyan ^a   Yang, Jianhua ^d   Li, Zhiping ^d   Wang, Liuliu ^d   Liu, Xue ^d   Tang, Genfu ^d   Xing, Houxun ^d   Xu, Xiping ^c   Wang, Xiaobin ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese; Forced expiratory volume; Forced vital capacity; General population; Sex and age specific predictive models; Twin population

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEX FACTORS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 34347379921     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20631     Document Type: Article

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