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List of prediction equations for spirometry

The following 68 publications give rise to 76 regression equations for men, and 74 for women, encompassing the age range 6-90+ year, and different ethnic groups:

  • Berglund E, Birath G, Bjure J, Grimby G, Kjellman I, Sandquist I, Söderholm B. Spirometric studies in normal subjects. I. Forced expirograms in subjects between 7-70 years of age. Acta Med Scand 1963; 173: 185-192.
  • Bjure J. Spirometric studies in normal subjects. IV. Ventilatory capacities in healthy children 7-17 years of age. Acta Paediatr 1963; 52: 232-240.
  • Boskabady MH, Keshmiri M, Banihashemi B, Anvary K. Lung function values in healthy non-smoking urban adults in Iran. Respiration 2002; 69: 320–326.
  • Boutros-Toni F, Pigearias B, Konate P, Lonsdorfer J. Valeurs de référence  spirométriques des femmes mélanodermes. Bull Europ Physiopath Resp 1983; 19: 331-338.
  • Brändli O, Schindler Ch, Künzli N, Keller R, Perruchoud AP, and SAPALDIA team. Lung function in healthy never smoking adults: reference values and lower limits of normal of a Swiss population. Thorax 1996; 51: 277-283.
  • Brändli O, Schindler Ch, Leuenberger PH, Baur X, Degens P, Künzli N, Keller R, Perruchoud AP. Letters to the editor. Re-estimated equations for 5th percentiles of lung function variables. Thorax 2000; 55: 172.
  • Chatterjee S, Saha D. Pulmonary function studies in healthy non-smoking women of Calcutta. Ann Hum Biol 1993; 20: 32-38.
  • Chatterjee S, Nag SK, Dey SK. Spirometry standards for non-smokers and smokers of India (Eastern region). Jap J Physiol 1988; 38: 283-298.
  • Chinn DJ, Cotes JE, Martin AJ, Modelling the lung function of Caucasians during adolescence as a basis for reference values. Ann Hum Biol 2006; 33: 64-77.
  • Crapo RO, Morris AH, Gardner RM. Reference spirometric values using techniques and equipment that meet ATS recommendations. Am Rev Respir Dis 1981; 123: 659-664.
  • Crapo RO, Jensen RL, Oyunchimeg M, Tsh T, DuWayne Schmidt C. Differences in spirometry reference values: a statistical comparison of a Mongolian and a Caucasion study. Eur Respir J 1999; 13: 606-609.
  • Dejsomritrutai W, Nana A, Maranetra KN, Chuaychoo B, Maneechotesuwan K, Wongsurakiat P, Chierakul N, Charoenratanakul S, Tscheikuna J, Juengprasert W, Suthamsmai T, Naruman C.  Reference spirometric values for healthy lifetime nonsmokers in Thailand. J Med Assoc Thai. 2000; 83: 457-466.
  • Dockery DW, Ware JH, Ferris BG, Glicksberg DS, Fay ME, Spiro A, Speizer FE. Distribution of forced expiratory volume in one second and forced vital capacity in healthy, white, adult never-smokers in six US cities. Am Rev Respir Dis 1985; 131: 511-520.
  • Dufétel P, Pigearias B, Lonsdorfer J, Derossi G, Diaine Ch, Faltot PJ. Spirometric reference values in Senegalese black adults. Eur Respir J 1989; 2: 352-358.
  • Enright PL, Arnold A, Manolio TA, Kuller LH. Spirometry reference values for healthy elderly blacks. Chest 1996; 110: 1416-1424.
  • Enright PL, Adams AB, Boyle PJR, Sherrill DL. Spirometry and maximal respiratory pressure references from healthy Minnesota 65- to 85-year-old women and men. Chest 1995; 108: 663-669.
  • Enright PL, Kronmal RA, Higgins M, Schenker M, Haponik EF. Spirometry reference values for women and men 65 to 85 years of age. Am Rev Respir Dis 1993; 147: 125-133.
  • Facchini F, Fiori G, Bedogni G, Galletti L, Ismagulov O, Ismagulova A, Sharmanov T, Tsoy I, Belcastro MG, Rizzoli A, Goldoni M. Spirometric reference values for children and adolescents from Kazakhstan. Ann Human Biol 2007: 34; 519-534.
  • Falaschetti E, Laiho J, Primatesta P, Purdon S: Prediction equations for normal and low lung function from the Health Survey for England. Eur Respir J 2004; 23: 456-463.
  • Forche G, Stadlober E, Harnoncourt K (1988): Neue spirometrische Bezugswerte für Kinder, Jugendliche und Erwachsene. Ost. Ärztezeitung 43, 15/16, 40-42.
  • Fulambarker A, Copur AS, Javeri A, Jere S, Cohen ME. Reference values for pulmonary function in Asian Indians living in the United States. Chest 2004; 126: 1225-1233.
  • Garcia-Rio F, Pino JM, Dorgham A, Alonso A, Villamor J. Spirometric reference equations for European females and males aged 65-85 years. Eur Respir J 2004; 24: 397-405.
  • Glindmeyer HW, Lefante JJ, McColloster C, Jones RN, Weill H. Blue-collar normative spirometric values for Caucasian and African-American men and women aged 18 to 65. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1995; 151: 412-422.
  • Golshan M, Nematbakhsh M, Amra B, Crapo RO. Spirometric reference values in a large Middle Eastern population. Eur Respir J 2003; 22:529-534.
    Authors’ correction: Eur Respir J 2004; 23: 356.
  • Gore CJ, Crockett AJ, Pederson DG, Booth ML, Bauman A, Owen N. Spirometric standards for healthy adult lifetime nonsmokers in Australia. Eur Respir J 1995; 8: 773-782.
  • Gulsvik A, Tosteson T, Bakke P, Humerfelt S, Weiss, Speizer FE. Expiratory and inspiratory forced vital capacity and one-second forced volume in asymptomatic never-smokers in Norway. Clinical Physiology 2001; 21: 648-660.
  • Hankinson JL, Odencrantz JR, Fedan KB. Spirometric reference values from a sample of the general US population. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1999; 159: 179-187.
  • Hedenström H, Malmberg P, Agarwal K. Reference values for lung function tests in females. Regression equations with smoking variables. Bull Europ Physiopathol Respir 1985; 21: 551-557.
  • Hedenström H, Malmberg P, Fridriksson H.V.: Reference values for pulmonary function tests in men. Regression equations which include tobacco smoking variables. Upsala J Med Sci 1986; 91; 299-310.
  • Hnizdo E, Churchyard G, Dowdeswel R. Lung function prediction equation derived from healthy South African gold miners. Occup Environ Med 2003; 57: 698-705.
  • Hou S, Zhan YG, Guo SC, He I. Normal values of lung function in the population of Guangdong. In: Nationwide normal values of lung function. Eds, Mu KJ, and Liu SW, PUMC & Beijing Medical University Publication, 1990, Beijing, pp 67-80.
  • Hsu HKH, Jenkins DE, Hsi BP, Bourhofer E, Thompson V, Tanaka N, Hsieh GSJ. Ventilatory functions of normal children and young adults, Mexican-American, white and black. Spirometry. J Pediatr 1979, 95: 14-23.
  • Ip MS, Ko FW, Lau AC, Yu WC, Tang KS, Choo K, Chan-Yeung MM; Hong Kong Thoracic Society. Updated spirometric reference values for adult Chinese in Hong Kong and implications on clinical utilization. Chest 2006;1 29: 384-92.
  • Jia IQ, Mo BL, Guo XJ, Wang IP. Normal values of lung function in the population of South-West China. In: Nationwide normal values of lung function. Eds, Mu KJ, and Liu SW, PUMC & Beijing Medical University Publication, 1990, Beijing, pp 38-48.
  • Jindal SK, Wahi PL. Pulmonary function laboratory in the tropics: needs, problems and solutions. In: Sharma OP, editor. Lung disease in the tropics. New York, Marcel Dekker; 1991: 523-542.
    As cited in Aggarwal ANB, Gupta D, Beherea D, Jindal SK. Comparison of fixed percentage method and lower confidence limits for defining limits of normality for interpretation of spirometry. Respir Care 2006; 51: 737-743.
  • Kivastik J, Kingisepp P-H. Spirometric reference values in Estonian schoolchildren. Clin Physiol 2001; 21: 490-497.
  • Knudson RJ, Lebowitz MD, Holberg CJ, Burrows B: Changes in the normal maximal expiratory flow-volume curve with growth and aging. Am Rev Respir Dis 1983; 127: 725-734.
  • Kuster SP, Kuster D, Schindler C, Rochat MK, Braun J, Held L, Brändli O. Reference equations for lung function screening of healthy never smoking adults aged 18-80 years. ERJ Express. Published on December 5, 2007 as doi: 10.1183/09031936.00091407
  • Langhammer A, Johnsen R, Gulsvik A, Holmen TL, Bjermer L. Forced spirometry reference values for Norwegian adults: the Bronchial Obstruction in Nord-Trøndelag study. Eur Respir J 2001; 18: 770-779.
  • Lin SW, SWI KS, Kou YS. Normal values of Iung function in the population of northern China. In: Nationwide normal values of lung function. Eds, Mu KJ, and Liu SW, PUMC & Beijing Medical University Publication, 1990, Beijing, pp 1-23.
  • Liu GH, Ma XQ. Normal values of lung function in the population of the North-East China. In: Nationwide normal values of lung function. Eds, Mu KJ, and Liu SW, PUMC & Beijing Medical University Publication, 1990, Beijing, pp 24-30.
  • Louw SJ, Goldin JG, Joubert G. Spirometry of healthy adult South African men. South Afr Med J 1996; 86: 814-819.
  • Marion MS, Leonardson GR, Rhoades ER, Welty TK, Enright PL. Spirometry reference values for American Indian adults: results from the Strong Heart Study. Chest 2001; 120: 489-495.
  • Marsh S, Aldington S, Williams M, Weatherall M, Shirtcliffe P, McNaughton A, Pritchard A, Beasly R. Complete reference ranges for pulmonary function tests from a single New Zealand population. New Zealand Med J 2006; 119: 1-16.
  • McDonnell WF, Enright PL, Abbey DE, Knutsen SF, Peters JA, Burchette RJ, Lebowitz MD. Spirometric reference equations for older adults. Respir Med 1998; 92: 914-921.
  • Memon MA, Sandila MP, Ahmed ST. Spirometric reference values in healthy, non-smoking, urban Pakistani people. J Pak Med Assoc 2007; 57: 193-195.
  • Milivojevic-Poleksic L, Wells AU, Moody A, Fergusson W, Tukuitonga C, Kolbe J. Spirometric lung volumes in the adult Pacific Islander poluation: comparison with predicted values in a European population. Respirology 2001; 6: 247-253.
  • Miller MR, Grove DM, Pincock AC. Time domain spirogram indices. Their variability and reference values in nonsmokers. Am Rev Respir Dis 1985: 132:1041-8.
  • Miller A, Thornton JC, Warshaw R, Bernstein J, Selikoff IJ, Teirstein AS. Mean and instantaneous expiratory flows, FVC and FEV1: prediction equations from a probability sample of Michigan, a large industrial state. Bull Eur Physiopathol Respir 198; 22: 589-97.
  • Morris JF, Temple WP, Koski A. Normal values for the ratio of one-second forced expiratory volume to forced vital capacity. Am Rev Resp Dis 1973; 108 : 1000-1003.
  • Mustajbegovic J, Kern J, E. SchachterN, Zuškin E, Pavicic F, Teufel N. Ventilatory functions in Croatian population in comparison with European reference values. Croat Med J 2003;44:614-617.
  • Paoletti P, Pistelli G, Fazzi P, et al. Reference values for vital capacity and flow-volume curves from a general population study. Bull Eur Physiopathol Respir 1986; 22: 451-459.
  • Pereira CA de Castro, Sato T, Rodrigues SC. New reference values for forced spirometry in white adults in Brazil. J Bras Pneumol 2007;33:397-406.
  • Pérez-Padilla R, Valdivia G, Muiño A,López MV, Márquez MN,  Montes de Oca M, Tálamo C, Lisboa C, Pertuzé J, Jardim JRB, Menezes AMB, on behalf of the PLATINO work group. Spirometric Reference Values in 5 Large Latin American Cities for Subjects Aged 40 Years or Over. Arch Bronconeumol 2006; 42: 317-325.
  • Pérez-Padilla R, Regalado-Pineda J, Rojas , Catalan M, Mendoza L, Rojas R, Chapela R, Villalba J, Torres V, Borja-Aburto V, Olaiz G. Spirometric function in children of Mexico City compared to Mexican-American children. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2003; 35:177–183.
  • Petersen M, Hankinson J. Spirometry reference values for nonexposed blue-collar workers. J Occup Med 1985; 27: 644-650.
  • Pistelli F, Bottai M, Viegi G, Di Pede F, Carrozzi L, Baldacci S, Pedresci M, Giuntini C. Smooth reference equations for slow vital capacity and flow-volume curve indexes. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000; 161: 899-905.
    Erratum in: Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001; 164 :1740.
  • Pistelli R, Bellia V, Catalano F, Incalzi, RA, Scichilone N, Rengo F, the SARA Study Group. Spirometry reference values for women and men aged 65–85 living in southern Europe: the effect of health outcomes. Respiration 2003; 70: 484–489.
  • Pistelli F, Bottai M, Carrozzi L, Baldacci S, Simoni M, Di Pede F, Viegi G. Reference equations for spirometry from a general population sample in central Italy. Respiratory Medicine 2007; 101: 814–825.
  • Polgar G, Promadhat V. Pulmonary function testing in children: Techniques and standards. Philadelphia, Saunders, 1971.
  • Quanjer PhH, Tammeling GJ, Cotes JE, Pedersen OF, Peslin R, Yernault JC. Lung volume and forced ventilatory flows. Report Working Party Standardization of lung function tests; Official Statement of European Community for Coal and Steel, and European Respiratory Society. Eur Respir J 1993; 6 Suppl 16: 15-40.
  • Quanjer PhH, Borsboom GJJM, Brunekreef B, Zach M, Forche G, Cotes JE, Sanchis J, Paoletti P. Spirometric reference values for white European children and adolescents: Polgar revisited. Pediatr Pulmonol 1995; 19: 135-142.
  • Roberts CM, MacRae KD, Winning AJ, Adams L, Seed WA. Reference values and prediction equations for normal lung function in a non-smoking white urban population. Thorax 1991; 46: 643-650.
  • Roca J, Sanchis J, Agusti-Vidal A, Segarra F, Navajas D, Rodriguez-Roisin R, Casan P, Sans S. Spirometric reference values from a Meditteranean population. Bull Eur Physiopathol Respir 1986; 22: 217-224.
  • Rosenthal M, Bain SH, Cramer D, Helms P, Denison D, Bush A, Warner JO. Lung function in white children aged 4-19 years: I – Spirometry. Thorax 1993; 48: 794-802.
  • Schoenberg JB, Beck GJ, Bouhuys A. Growth and decay of pulmonary function in healthy blacks and whites. Respir Physiol 1978; 33: 367-393.
  • Shamssain MH. Pulmonary function in normal non-smoking black Southern African adults. Respir Med 1994; 88: 287-291.
  • Sharp DS, Enright PL, Chio D, Burchfiel CM, Rodriguez BL, Curb JD. Reference values for pulmonary function tests of Japanese-American men 71-90 years. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1996; 153: 805-811.
  • Singh R, Singh HJ, Sirisinghe RG. Spirometric studies in Malaysians between 13 and 69 years of age. Med J Malaysia 1993; 48: 175-184.
  • Smolej-Narancic N, Pavlovic M, Rudan P. Ventilatory parameters in healthy nonsmoking adults of Adriatic islands (Yugoslavia). Eur Respir J 1991; 4: 955-964.
  • Stanojevic S, Wade A, Stocks J, Hankinson J, Coates AL, Pan H, Rosenthal M, Corey M, Lebecque P, Cole TJ. Reference ranges for spirometry across all ages. A new approach. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2008; 177: 253–260.
  • Udupihille M. Spirometric and flow standards for healthy adult non-smoking Sri Lankans belonging to the Sinhalese ethnic group. Ann Hum Biol 1995; 22: 321-336.
  • Vijayan VK, Kuppurao KV, Venkatesan P, Sankaran K, Prabhakar R. Pulmonary function in healthy young adult Indians in Madras. Thorax 1990; 45: 611-615.
  • Vijayan VK, Reetha AM, Kuppurao KV, Venkatesan P, Thilakavathy. Pulmonary function in normal south Indian children aged 7 to 19 years. Indian J Chest Dis All Sci 2000; 42: 147-156.
  • Viljanen AA, Halttunen PK, Kreus K-E, Viljanen BC. Spirometric studies in nonsmoking, healthy adults. Scan J Clin Lab Invest 1982; 42, suppl. 159: 5-20.
  • Wang X, Dockery DW, Wypij D, Fay ME, Ferris BG. Pulmonary function between 6 and 18 years of age. Pediatr Pulmonol 1993; 15: 75-88.
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  • Zapletal A, Paul T, Samanek N. Die Bedeutung heutiger Methoden der Lungenfunktionsdiagnostik zur Feststellung einer Obstruktion der Atemwege bei Kindern und Jugendlichen. Z Erkrank Atm-Org 1977; 149: 343-371.

 



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