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The Global Lung Initiative 2012 reference values reflect contemporary Australasian spirometry
Author(s) -
HALL GRAHAM L.,
THOMPSON BRUCE R.,
STANOJEVIC SANJA,
ABRAMSON MICHAEL J.,
BEASLEY RICHARD,
COATES ANDREW,
DENT ANNETTE,
ECKERT BRENTON,
JAMES ALAN,
FILSELL SUE,
MUSK A.W. BILL,
NOLAN GARY,
DIXON BARBARA,
O'DEA CHRIS,
SAVAGE JENNI,
STOCKS JANET,
SWANNEY MAUREEN P.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
respirology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.857
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1440-1843
pISSN - 1323-7799
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2012.02232.x
Subject(s) - spirometry , medicine , vital capacity , reference values , lung volumes , physical therapy , lung function , lung , cardiology , diffusing capacity , asthma
We aimed to ascertain the fit of the European Respiratory Society Global Lung Initiative 2012 reference ranges to contemporary Australasian spirometric data. Z‐scores for spirometry from Caucasian subjects aged 4–80 years were calculated. The mean (SD) Z‐scores were 0.23 (1.00) for forced expirtory volume in 1 s (FEV 1 ), 0.23 (1.00) for forced vital capacity (FVC), −0.03 (0.87) for FEV 1 /FVC and 0.07 (0.95) for forced expiratory flows between 25% and 75% of FVC. These results support the use of the Global Lung Initiative 2012 reference ranges to interpret spirometry in Caucasian Australasians.