Changes in interpretation of spirometry by implementing the GLI 2012 reference equations: impact on patients tested in a hospital-based PFT lab in a large metropolitan city

Background The Global Lung Function Initiative (GLI-2012) focused on race/ethnicity as an important factor in determining reference values. This study evaluated the effects of changing from Canadian reference equations developed from an all-Caucasian cohort with European ancestry to the GLI-2012 on...

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Main Authors: Clodagh M Ryan, Haruna Kitazawa, Annie Jiang, Cynthia Nohra, Honami Ota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2022-02-01
Series:BMJ Open Respiratory Research
Online Access:https://bmjopenrespres.bmj.com/content/9/1/e001389.full