Similar Relation of Age and Height to Lung Function Among Whites, African Americans, and Hispanics
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Similar relation of age and height to lung function among Whites, African Americans, and Hispanics.
Current guidelines recommend separate spirometry reference equations for whites, African Americans, and Mexican Americans, but the justification for this recommendation is controversial. The authors examined the statistical justification for race/ethnic-specific reference equations in adults in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1988-1994) and the Multi-Ethnic Study of ...
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Current guidelines recommend separate spirometry reference equations for whites, African Americans, and Mexican Americans, but the justification for this recommendation is controversial. The authors examined the statistical justification for race/ethnic-specific reference equations in adults in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1988–1994) and the Multi-Ethnic Study of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1476-6256,0002-9262
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq417