Open AccessEffects of age, gender, and environmental exposures on exhaled nitric oxide level in healthy 12 to 18 years Qatari children
Author(s) -
Ibrahim Janahi,
Ammar Saadoon,
Amjad Tuffaha,
Balamurugan Panneerselvam
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
annals of thoracic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1817-1737
pISSN - 1998-3557
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1737.94532
Subject(s) - medicine , exhaled nitric oxide , anthropometry , cross sectional study , asthma , population , mann–whitney u test , statistical significance , spirometry , environmental health , pathology
Fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FENO) is a useful noninvasive diagnostic tool for asthma and some other pediatric respiratory diseases. Factors affecting FENO level are variable in different populations and studies.