Estimation of lung age via a spline method and its application in chronic respiratory diseases

Abstract Lung age is a simplified concept that makes spirometry data easier to understand, but it is not widely used due to limitations in estimation methods. The aim of this study was to develop new equations to estimate lung age and to explore the application value of lung age in chronic respirato...

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Main Authors: Xiaolin Liang, Yanqing Xie, Yi Gao, Yumin Zhou, Wenhua Jian, Mei Jiang, Hongyu Wang, Jinping Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-09-01
Series:npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-022-00293-9