Reference values for pulmonary volumes by plethysmography in a Brazilian sample of white adults

ABSTRACT Objective: To derive reference values for healthy white Brazilian adults who have never smoked and to compare the obtained values with reference values derived by Crapo and by Neder. Methods: Reference equations by quantile regressions were derived in 122 men and 122 women, non-obese, liv...

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Main Authors: Thamine Lessa, Carlos Alberto de Castro Pereira, Maria Raquel Soares, Renato Matos, Virgínia Pacheco Guimarães, Giancarlo Sanches, Roberto Helou Rassi, Israel Maia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia
Series:Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-37132019000300201&lng=en&tlng=en