Lung function parameters among Australian Aboriginal "Apparently Healthy" Adults: an Australian Caucasian and Global Lung Function Initiative (GLI-2012) various ethnic norms comparative study.

Conclusions: Australian Aboriginal adults had 20% lower values for FVCandFEV1 but nearly preserved absolute FEV1/FVC in comparison to Australian Caucasians. The GLI-2012 spirometric norms do not appear to fit for Australian Aboriginal adults regardless of which ethnicity options selected, including "others/mixed". PMID: 33166208 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33166208?dopt=Abstract

Source: Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine - November 11, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Expert Rev Respir Med Source Type: research