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Reference Lung Function Values for:
APPENDIX III(a): White Male Children
APPENDIX III(b): White Female Children
APPENDIX III(c): Black Male Children
APPENDIX III(d): Black Female Children



APPENDIX III(b)

Reference Lung Function Values* for White Female Children+

HEIGHT

IN CM

FVC

FEV1

FEV

27-75

PEF

HEIGHT

IN CM

FVC

FEV1

FEF

25-75

PEF

100

101

102

103

104

105

106

107

108

109

110

111

112

113

114

115

116

117

118

119

120

121

122

123

124

125

126

127

128

129

160

161

162

163

164

165

166

167

168

169

170

171

172

173

933

959

986

1013

1041

1069

1097

1126

1156

1186

1216

1247

1279

1311

1343

1376

1410

1444

1478

1513

1549

1585

1622

1659

1697

1735

1774

1813

1853

1894

3447

3507

3568

3629

3691

3754

3818

3882

3947

4013

4079

4146

4214

4283

868

892

916

940

964

990

1015

1041

1067

1094

1121

1148

1176

1205

1234

1263

1292

1322

1353

1384

1415

1447

1479

1512

1545

1579

1613

1648

1683

1718

3060

3111

3163

3216

3269

3323

3377

3432

3487

3543

3600

3657

3714

3772

79

81

83

84

86

88

90

92

94

95

97

99

101

103

105

107

109

111

113

115

117

120

122

124

126

123

130

133

135

137

219

222

224

227

231

234

237

240

243

246

249

252

255

259

142

145

149

152

156

159

163

166

170

174

178

182

185

189

193

197

282

206

210

214

218

223

227

232

236

241

245

250

255

259

432

438

445

451

458

465

471

478

485

492

499

506

513

520

130

131

132

133

134

135

136

137

138

139

140

141

142

143

144

145

146

147

148

149

150

151

152

153

154

155

156

157

158

159

174

175

176

177

178

179

180

1935

1977

2019

2062

2105

2149

2194

2239

2285

2331

2378

2425

2473

2522

2571

2621

2672

2723

2775

2827

2880

2934

2989

3044

3099

3155

3212

3270

3328

3387

4352

4422

4492

4564

4636

4708

4782

1754

1790

1827

1864

1902

1941

1979

2019

2058

2099

2139

2180

2222

2264

2307

2380

2394

2438

2483

2528

2574

2620

2667

2714

2762

2810

2859

2900

2958

3009

3831

3890

3950

4011

4072

4133

4195

140

142

144

147

149

151

154

156

159

161

164

166

169

171

174

177

179

182

185

187

190

193

196

198

201

204

207

210

213

216

262

265

269

272

275

278

282

264

269

274

279

284

289

294

299

304

309

315

320

325

331

336

342

348

353

354

365

371

377

382

388

394

401

409

413

419

426

527

534

541

549

556

563

571


 

+ For adult values see Chapter 12 on page 109

* Data calculated using prediciton equations from Hsu et al.

K. Hsu, D. Jenkins, B. His, E. Bourhofer, V. Thompson, N. Tanakawu, G. Hsieh. Ventilatory functions of normal children and young adults: Mexican American, White and Black. I. Spirometry. Journal of Paediatrics 1079, 95(1) 14-23).


Reference Lung Function Values for:
APPENDIX III(a): White Male Children
APPENDIX III(b): White Female Children
APPENDIX III(c): Black Male Children
APPENDIX III(d): Black Female Children

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