Cross-sectional relation of ethnicity to ventilatory function in a West London population

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 400-405

  Hooper, R ^a   Burney, P ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

COPD; Ethnicity; Ventilatory function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONDON; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RISK FACTORS; SPIROMETRY; URBAN HEALTH; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84874083677     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0591     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. National Health Service Employers. Quality and outcomes framework. Leeds, UK: NHS, 2012. http://www.nhsemployers.org/PayAndContracts/ GeneralMedicalServicesContract/QOF/Pages/QualityOutcomesFramework.aspx Accessed January 2013.
2. Pellegrino R, Viegi G, Brusasco V, et al. Interpretative strategies for lung function tests. Eur Resp J 2005; 26: 948.
3. Quanjer P H, Tammeling G J, Cotes J E, Pedersen O F, Peslin R, Yernault J C. Lung volumes and forced ventilatory flows. Report working party standardization of lung function tests, European Community for Steel and Coal. Official statement of the European Respiratory Society. Eur Respir J 1993; 16 (Suppl): 5.
4. Roca J, Burgos F, Sunyer J, et al. References values for forced spirometry. Eur Respir J 1998; 11: 1354-1362.
5. Hankinson J L, Odencrantz J R, Fedan K B. Spirometric reference values from a sample of the general US population. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1999; 159: 179.
6. Burney P G J, Hooper R L. The use of ethnically specific norms for ventilatory function in African-American and White populations. Int J Epidemiol 2012; 41: 782-790.
7. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults in primary care (partial update). London, UK: NICE, 2010.
8. Bellamy D. Spirometry in practice: a practical guide to using spirometry in general practice. 2nd ed. London, UK: The British Thoracic Society COPD Consortium, 2005.
9. Buist A S, Vollmer W M, Sullivan S D, et al. The Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease initiative (BOLD): rationale and design. COPD 2005; 2: 277-283.
10. Buist A S, McBurnie M A, Vollmer W M, et al. International variation in the prevalence of COPD (the BOLD study): a population-based prevalence study. Lancet 2007; 370: 741.
11. Miller M R, Hankinson J, Brusasco V, et al. Standardisation of spirometry. Eur Respir J 2005; 26: 319.
12. Ferris B G. Epidemiology standardization project (American Thoracic Society). Am Rev Respir Dis 1978; 118: 1-120.
13. Sillitoe K, White H. Ethnic group and the British census: the search for a question. J R Stat Soc Ser A Stat Soc 1992; 155: 141-163.
14. Rossiter C E, Weill H. Ethnic differences in lung function: evidence for proportional differences. Int J Epidemiol 1974; 3: 55.
15. Patrick J M, Patel A. Ethnic differences in the growth of lung function in children: a cross-sectional study in inner-city Nottingham. Ann Hum Biol 1986; 13: 307.
16. Mathur N, Rastogi S K, Gupta B N, Husain T. A global comparison of predicting equations on spirometry in the male population. Int J Epidemiol 1990; 19: 331.
17. Hansen J, Sun X, Wasserman K. Ethnic- and sex-free formulae for detection of airway obstruction. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2006; 174: 493-498.
18. Al-Rawas O, Baddar S, Al-Maniri A, Balaji J, Jayakrishnan B, Al-Riyami B. Normal spirometric reference values for Omani adults. Lung 2009; 187: 245.
19. Aspinall P J. Concepts, terminology and classifications for the 'mixed' ethnic or racial group in the United Kingdom. J Epidemiol Community Health 2010; 64: 557.
20. Global strategy for the diagnosis, management and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Medical Communications Resources, 2008. Bethesda, MD, USA: GOLD, 2012. http://www.goldcopd.org Accessed December 2012.
21. Celli B, Cote C, Marin J, et al. The body-mass index, airflow obstruction, dyspnea, and exercise capacity index in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. N Engl J Med 2004; 350: 1005.
22. Puhan M, Garcia-Aymerich J, Frey M, et al. Expansion of the prognostic assessment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the updated BODE index and the ADO index. Lancet 2009; 374: 704-711.