Subjects with Discordant Airways Obstruction: Lost between Spirometric Definitions of COPD

Background. Since the FEV1/FVC ratio declines with age, using the fixed ratio of 0.70 leads to overdiagnosis of COPD in older populations and underdiagnosis among young adults. Objective. To evaluate whether discordant obstructive cases (FEV1/FVC < 0.70 but ≥LLN) are a healthy population or have...

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Main Authors: Bernd Lamprecht, Lea Schirnhofer, Bernhard Kaiser, Sonia A. Buist, David M. Mannino, Michael Studnicka
פורמט: Article
שפה:English
יצא לאור: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
סדרה:Pulmonary Medicine
גישה מקוונת:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/780215