Open AccessCan the New Global Lung Initiative Equations Better Stratify the Risk of Death in Elderly People with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease?
Author(s) -
Claudio Pedone,
Alessandro Di Marco Berardino,
Riccardo Pistelli,
Francesco Forastiére,
Vincenzo Bellia,
Raffaele Antonelli Incalzi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000447246
Subject(s) - medicine , quartile , population , national health and nutrition examination survey , obstructive lung disease , discriminative model , copd , incidence (geometry) , pulmonary disease , demography , gerontology , confidence interval , environmental health , mathematics , geometry , artificial intelligence , sociology , computer science
The forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1) is commonly expressed as percentage of its value predicted by equations. The most commonly used equations are poorly applicable to elderly people. Recently, a set of equations (Global Lung Initiative, GLI) has been released that is expected to be more appropriate in this population.