The recent multi-ethnic global lung initiative 2012 (GLI2012) reference values don't reflect contemporary adult's North African spirometry

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2000-2008

  Ben Saad, Helmi ^a,b,c   El Attar, Mohamed Nour ^a   Hadj Mabrouk, Khaoula ^a   Abdelaziz, Ahmed Ben ^d   Abdelghani, Ahmed ^b,c   Bousarssar, Mohamed ^b,c   Limam, Khélifa ^a,e   Maatoug, Chiraz ^a   Bouslah, Hmida ^a   Charrada, Ameur ^a   Rouatbi, Sonia ^b,c  

^a Functional Exploration Laboratory Occupational Medicine Group of Sousse   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUSSE   (Tunisia)

^c FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^d Sahloul Medical Center   (Tunisia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUSSE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Caucasian race; Ethnic groups; North Africa; Reference values; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SPIROMETRY; TUNISIA;

CAUCASIAN RACE; ETHNIC GROUPS; NORTH AFRICA; REFERENCE VALUES; SPIROMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALGERIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPIROMETRY; TUNISIA; VITAL CAPACITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890309727     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: 15323064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2013.10.015     Document Type: Article

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