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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(c)

Reference Lung Function Values* for Black 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

775

798

821

845

870

894

919

945

971

998

1025

1052

1080

1109

1138

1167

1197

1228

1259

1290

1322

1355

1388

1422

1456

1490

1526

1561

1598

1635

3072

3129

3186

3244

3303

3362

3422

3483

3544

3607

3669

3733

3797

3862

713

734

755

777

799

822

845

868

892

916

941

966

992

1018

1045

1072

1099

1127

1155

1184

1214

1243

1274

1304

1335

1367

1399

1432

1465

1499

2811

2863

2915

2968

3021

3075

3130

3185

3241

3298

3355

3413

3472

3531

57

59

60

62

63

65

66

68

70

71

73

75

77

78

80

82

84

86

88

90

92

94

96

98

100

102

104

106

108

111

194

197

200

203

206

210

213

216

220

223

227

230

234

237

120

124

128

131

135

139

143

147

151

155

159

163

168

172

176

181

186

190

195

200

205

210

215

220

226

231

236

242

248

253

475

484

492

501

510

520

529

538

548

557

567

577

587

597

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

1672

1710

1748

1788

1827

1868

1908

1950

1992

2034

2077

2121

2166

2211

2256

2302

2349

2397

2445

2494

2543

2593

2644

2695

2747

2799

2853

2906

2961

3016

3928

3995

4062

4130

4199

4268

4338

1533

1568

1603

1639

1675

1712

1749

1787

1825

1864

1903

1943

1984

2025

2067

2109

2152

2195

2239

2283

2328

2374

2420

2467

2514

2562

2611

2660

2710

2760

3591

3652

3713

3775

3838

3901

3965

113

115

117

120

122

125

127

129

132

134

137

139

142

145

147

150

153

155

158

161

164

167

169

172

175

178

181

184

187

191

241

244

248

252

256

259

263

259

265

271

277

283

289

295

302

308

315

322

328

335

342

349

356

363

371

378

386

392

401

409

417

425

433

441

442

458

466

607

617

627

638

648

659

670


 

+ 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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