Differences and agreement between two portable hand-held spirometers across diverse community-based populations in the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study.

<h4>Introduction</h4>Portable spirometers are commonly used in longitudinal epidemiological studies to measure and track the forced expiratory volume in first second (FEV1) and forced vital capacity (FVC). During the course of the study, it may be necessary to replace spirometers with a...

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Main Authors: MyLinh Duong, Sumathy Rangarajan, Michele Zaman, Nafiza Mat Nasir, Pamela Seron, Karen Yeates, Afzalhussein M Yusufali, Rasha Khatib, Lap Ah Tse, Chuangshi Wang, Andreas Wielgosz, Koon Teo, Rajesh Kumar, Alvaro Avezum, Rosnah Ismail, Burcu Tumerdem Çalık, Soumya Gopakumar, Omar Rahman, Katarzyna Zatońska, Annika Rosengren, Johanna Otero, Roya Kelishadi, Rafael Diaz, Thandi Puoane, Salim Yusuf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLOS Global Public Health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000141