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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(d)

Reference Lung Function Values* for Black 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

761

784

807

831

855

880

905

931

957

983

1010

1038

1066

1095

1124

1154

1184

1214

1246

1277

1310

1342

1376

1410

1444

1479

1515

1551

1587

1625

3086

3144

3203

3262

3322

3383

3444

3506

3569

3633

3697

3763

3829

3895

687

707

727

748

769

791

813

835

858

881

905

929

953

978

1003

1029

1055

1081

1108

1136

1163

1192

1220

1249

1279

1309

1340

1371

1402

1434

2672

2720

2770

2819

2869

2920

2972

3024

3076

3130

3083

3238

3293

3349

69

71

73

74

76

78

80

81

83

85

87

89

90

92

94

96

98

100

102

104

106

108

111

113

115

117

119

121

124

126

208

212

215

218

221

224

227

230

234

237

240

244

247

250

126

130

133

137

140

144

148

151

155

159

163

167

171

175

179

184

188

192

197

201

206

210

215

220

225

230

235

240

245

250

445

452

460

468

475

483

491

499

507

515

523

532

540

548

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

1662

1701

1740

1779

1819

1860

1902

1944

1986

2029

2073

2118

2163

2208

2255

2302

2349

2398

2447

2496

2546

2597

2649

2701

2754

2808

2862

2917

2973

3029

3963

4031

4100

4170

4241

4312

4384

1466

1499

1532

1566

1600

1635

1670

1706

1742

1779

1816

1854

1892

1931

1970

2010

2051

2091

2133

2175

2217

2260

2304

2348

2392

2438

2483

2530

2576

2624

3405

3462

3519

3577

3636

3695

3755

128

131

133

135

138

140

143

145

147

150

153

155

158

160

163

166

168

171

174

176

179

182

185

188

191

194

196

199

202

205

254

257

261

264

268

271

275

255

260

266

271

277

282

288

293

299

305

311

317

323

329

335

342

348

354

361

368

374

381

388

395

402

409

416

423

430

437

557

566

574

583

592

601

610


 

+ 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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