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Lung function values from a longitudinal study of healthy children and adolescents |
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| Authors: | M E Hibbert A Lannigan L I Landau P D Phelan |
| Affiliation: | Professorial Department of Thoracic Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia. |
| Abstract: | From a cohort of 543 healthy children and adolescents, subjects were studied annually to obtain longitudinal data so that precise predictive values for lung volumes and flows from ages 8 to 19 years could be obtained. Strict guidelines for subject selection and pulmonary function testing were used. These data are presented in a readily usable form as equations, graphs, and tables. |
| Keywords: | Cohorts one younger one older overlapping lung volumes expiratory and inspiratory flow rates flow-volume curves spirometry body plethysmography pneumotachography multiple stepwise regression natural logarithm transformation |