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Pulmonary function of adolescents from Tripura, a North-eastern state of India
Author(s) -
Dipayan Choudhuri,
Balaram Sutradhar
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 - 10.4103/0970-2113.159568
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary function testing , anthropometry , vital capacity , body mass index , waist , demography , obesity , waist to height ratio , spirometer , pediatrics , spirometry , lung function , asthma , lung , exhaled nitric oxide , sociology , diffusing capacity
Spirometric evaluation of pulmonary function has been evolved as clinical tool in diagnosis, management, and follow-up of respiratory disorders. There are very few studies on normative reference values of pulmonary function parameters for adolescents from Tripura, a North-eastern state of India. The present study was aimed to evaluate pulmonary function and their predictors in male and female adolescents of Tripura.

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