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Ethnic differences in lung functions of children in the Colombo District, Sri Lanka

Author(s) -

Guwani Liyanage,

B.D.W. Jayamanne

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

ceylon medical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2386-1274

pISSN - 0009-0875

DOI - 10.4038/cmj.v63i2.8671

Subject(s) - medicine , sri lanka , ethnic group , socioeconomics , traditional medicine , pediatrics , family medicine , optometry , anthropology , tanzania , sociology

Reference values of lung functions vary with age, height, ethnicity and sex of the reference population. Global Function Initiative 2012 compared reference equations for Sri Lankan children with those of South Indian and South East Asian equations. Sri Lanka has a multi-ethnic society comprising of Sinhalese, Tamils, Moors and other ethnic minorities. Applicability of existing Sri Lankan equations to children from different ethnic groups in the country has not been adequately verified. Our aim was to investigate the effect of ethnicity on spirometry parameters in school aged children.

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