Spirometric Reference Values for an East-African Population

Spirometric reference values for an East-African population.

BACKGROUND Accurate interpretation of lung function testing requires appropriate reference values. Unfortunately, few African countries have produced spirometric reference values for their populations. OBJECTIVES The present study was carried out in order to establish normal lung function values for subjects living in Rwanda, East Africa. METHODS The study was conducted in Kigali, capital o...

Spirometric reference values for an adult Rwandan population. (East Africa)

Spirometric reference values in a large Middle Eastern population.

Ethnic differences in pulmonary function have been frequently reported. The purposes of this study were to derive equations for the prediction of normative spirometry values for a large population of Persians in Isfahan and compare them to reference values from a White Euro-USA population. Spirometry measurements were obtained from 4,341 randomly selected healthy nonsmoker subjects in Isfahan, ...

Spirometric reference values in healthy, non-smoking, urban Pakistani population.

OBJECTIVE To estimate the lung function prediction equation and to calculate appropriate normal reference values for the Pakistani adults living in Karachi. METHODS Predicted equations for normal lung functions were derived from 504 healthy non-smoking subjects including 321 males and 183 females aged 15-65 years. The subjects underwent measurement of spirometric flow and volume. The followin...

Reference spirometric values in a Sudanese cohort.

To determine normal values of respiratory function for Sudanese, a randomized stratified cross-sectional study was performed on 2250 healthy Sudanese aged 7-86 years in 2002-05. Data were obtained through a questionnaire, pulmonary function testing and taking anthropometric measurements. Lung function and anthropometric measurements were correlated and regression equations were derived. Sudanes...