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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(a)

Reference Lung Function Values* for White Male 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

820

846

873

901

929

958

987

1017

1048

1079

1110

1143

1176

1210

1244

1279

1315

1351

1388

1426

1464

1504

1544

1584

1625

1667

1710

1754

1798

1843

3656

3729

3803

3878

3954

4032

4110

4189

4269

4351

4433

4517

4601

4687

774

797

821

846

871

896

922

948

975

1002

1030

1059

1087

1117

1147

1177

1208

1240

1272

1304

1337

1371

1405

1440

1476

1512

1548

1585

1623

1662

3170

3230

3291

3352

3414

3477

3541

3605

3670

3736

3803

3870

3938

4008

66

68

70

71

73

75

77

78

80

82

84

86

88

90

92

94

96

98

100

102

104

106

108

110

113

115

117

119

122

124

211

214

217

221

224

228

231

234

238

241

245

248

252

256

127

131

135

138

142

146

150

154

158

162

166

170

175

179

184

188

193

197

202

207

212

217

222

227

232

237

243

248

254

259

473

481

489

498

506

515

524

533

542

551

560

569

578

588

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

1889

1936

1983

2031

2080

2130

2180

2232

2284

2337

2391

2446

2501

2558

2615

2673

2732

2792

2853

2915

2978

3041

3106

3171

3237

3305

3373

3442

3512

3584

4773

4861

4950

5040

5131

5223

5317

1700

1740

1780

1821

1862

1904

1947

1990

2034

2079

2124

2170

2216

2263

2311

2360

2409

2459

2509

2560

2612

2665

2718

2772

2827

2882

2938

2995

3053

3111

4077

4148

4220

4292

4365

4439

4514

127

129

131

134

136

139

141

144

147

149

152

155

157

160

163

166

168

171

174

177

180

183

186

189

192

195

198

201

205

208

259

263

267

270

274

278

282

265

271

276

282

288

294

300

307

313

319

326

332

339

345

352

359

366

373

380

387

395

402

410

417

425

433

440

448

456

464

597

607

617

626

636

646

657


 

+ 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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