The impact of different spirometric definitions on the prevalence of airway obstruction and their association with respiratory symptoms

The fixed ratio criterion of forced expiratory volume in 1 s/forced vital capacity <0.70 for diagnosing airway obstruction may overdiagnose the condition, particularly in the elderly, so the lower limit of normal (LLN) is recommended as the most appropriate criterion. Our aim was to compare LLN v...

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Published in:ERJ Open Res
Main Authors: Meteran, Howraman, Miller, Martin R., Thomsen, Simon Francis, Christensen, Kaare, Sigsgaard, Torben, Backer, Vibeke
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: European Respiratory Society 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5722078/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29250530
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00110-2017
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