Open AccessThe use of ethnically specific norms for ventilatory function in African-American and white populations
Author(s) -
Peter Burney,
Richard Hooper
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dys011
Subject(s) - vital capacity , confidence interval , medicine , demography , hazard ratio , confounding , african american , gerontology , spirometry , ethnic group , lung function , diffusing capacity , lung , asthma , ethnology , sociology , anthropology , history
In the USA, different standards are usually set for spirometric values in African-American and white populations. It is unclear to what extent the lower lung function found in African-Americans is 'normal' in the sense of having no adverse consequences.
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