Multi-ethnic reference values for spirometry for the 3-95-yr age range: The global lung function 2012 equations

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1324-1343

  Quanjer, Philip H ^a   Stanojevic, Sanja ^b,c   Cole, Tim J ^b   Baur, Xaver ^d   Hall, Graham L ^e   Culver, Bruce H ^f   Enright, Paul L ^g   Hankinson, John L ^h   Ip, Mary S M ⁱ   Zheng, Jinping ^j   Stocks, Janet ^b   Schindler, C ^k  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^h Hankinson Consulting Inc   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^j GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^k NONE

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Author keywords

Lower limit of normal; Predicted values; Spirometry; Statistical modelling; Z score

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY HEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDIA; JAPAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OMAN; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PULMONARY MEDICINE; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUES; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84863437624     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00080312     Document Type: Article

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