Open AccessReference equation for spirometry interpretation for Eastern India
Author(s) -
Angira Dasgupta,
Aloke Gopal Ghoshal,
Ansuman Mukhopadhyay,
Susmita Kundu,
Subhadip Mukherjee,
Sukla Roychowdhury,
Raja Dhar,
Sumit Sengupta
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.148443
Subject(s) - chatterjee , spirometry , medicine , linear regression , statistics , regression analysis , limits of agreement , demography , mathematics , nuclear medicine , asthma , philosophy , linguistics , bengali , sociology
Spirometry measurements are interpreted by comparing with reference values for healthy individuals that have been derived from multiple regression equations from earlier studies. There are only two such studies from Eastern India, both by Chatterjee et al., one each for males and females. These are however single center and approximately two decades old studies.