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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主要な著者: Bernd Lamprecht, Lea Schirnhofer, Bernhard Kaiser, Sonia A. Buist, David M. Mannino, Michael Studnicka
フォーマット: 論文
言語:English
出版事項: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
シリーズ:Pulmonary Medicine
オンライン・アクセス:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/780215