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Tracking of lung function in healthy children and adolescents
Author(s) -
Hibbert Marienne E.,
Hudson Irene L.,
Lanigan Anna,
Landau Louis I.,
Phelan Peter D.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
pediatric pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.866
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1099-0496
pISSN - 8755-6863
DOI - 10.1002/ppul.1950080308
Subject(s) - medicine , lung function , lung volumes , functional residual capacity , pediatrics , residual volume , pulmonary function testing , longitudinal study , lung , respiratory system , pathology
Two hundred twenty‐six healthy school children, with a mean age of 8.8 years; 62 girls mean age 8.8, 48 boys mean age 12.6 and 51 girls mean age 12.6 years at the start, were enrolled in a longitudinal study of lung function and tested annually for 5 years. All were free of respiratory symptoms, and none smoked more than five cigarettes per week during the 5 years. Static and dynamic lung volumes (other than residual volume), maximum expiratory and inspiratory flows, and maximum mouth pressures “track,” that is, individuals remain at a constant deviation from the sample mean over time. The data indicate that these measurements of lung function in healthy individuals grow in constant proportion relative to other healthy children and adolescents. Pediatr Pulmonol 1990; 8:172‐177.