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| Resumo: | Spirometry is used to determine what is "unusual" lung function compared with what is "usual" for healthy non-smokers. This study aimed to investigate regional variation in the forced vital capacity (FVC) and in the forced expiratory volume in one second to FVC ratio (FEV1/FVC) using cross-sectional data from all 41 sites of the multinational Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease study. Participants (5,368 men; 9,649 women), aged ≥40 years, had performed spirometry, had never smoked and reported no respiratory symptoms or diagnoses. To identify regions with similar FVC, we conducted a principal component analysis (PCA) on FVC with age, age2 and height2, separately for men and women. We regressed FVC against age, age2 and height2, and FEV1/FVC against age and height2, for each sex and site, stratified by region. Mean age was 54 years (both sexes), and mean height was 1.69 m (men) and 1.61 m (women). The PCA suggested four regions: 1) Europe and richer countries; 2) the Near East; 3) Africa; and 4) the Far East. For the FVC, there was little variation in the coefficients for age, or age2, but considerable variation in the constant (men: 2.97 L in the Far East to 4.08 L in Europe; women: 2.44 L in the Far East to 3.24 L in Europe) and the coefficient for height2. Regional differences in the constant and coefficients for FEV1/FVC were minimal (<1%). The relation of FVC with age, sex and height varies across and within regions. The same is not true for the FEV1/FVC ratio. |
| Autores principais: | Burney, Peter G. J. |
| Outros Autores: | Potts, James; Knox-Brown, Ben; Erhabor, Gregory; Hacene Cherkaski, Hamid; Mortimer, Kevin; Anand, Mahesh Padukudru; Mannino, David M.; Cardoso, Joao; Ahmed, Rana; Elsony, Asma; Bárbara, Cristina; Nielsen, Rune; Bateman, Eric; Paraguas, Stefanni Nonna M.; Cher Loh, Li; Rashid, Abdul; Wouters, Emiel F. M.; Franssen, Frits M. E.; Dias, Hermínia Brites; Gislason, Thorarinn; Ghobain, Mohammed A. l.; Biaze, Mohammed E. l.; Agarwal, Dhiraj; Juvekar, Sanjay; Rodrigues, Fatima; Obaseki, Daniel O.; Koul, Parvaiz A.; Harrabi, Imed; Nafees, Asaad A.; Seemungal, Terence; Janson, Christer; Vollmer, William M.; Amaral, Andre F. S.; Buist, A. Sonia |
| Assunto: | Cross-sectional studies Airflow obstruction Forced expiratory volume Forced vital capacity Global health |
| Ano: | 2024 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |