Open AccessNormative values for maximal respiratory pressures in an Indian Mangalore population: A cross-sectional pilot study
Author(s) -
Ajay Gopalakrishna,
K Vaishali,
P Venkatesan,
Pravin Aaron
Publication year - 2011
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 - 10.4103/0970-2113.85684
Subject(s) - medicine , cross sectional study , normative , population , statistics , environmental health , pathology , mathematics , philosophy , epistemology
The objective of the pilot study is to obtain normal maximal inspiratory and expiratory pressures for individuals in the age group 20-70 years in the Mangalore population and to predict normal values according to age, sex, height, and weight using the regression equation.