“However, this made sense as the origin of COPD occurs in the small airways.” In the TAHS analysis, researchers found a link between the early low, rapid decline FEV 1 /FVC trajectory and ...

Doctors use the GOLD system to assess people with COPD in “grades” of the condition. Grading is a way to measure the severity of the condition. It uses the forced expiratory volume (FEV1), a ...

Comorbid lung function impairment was associated with increased risks for cardiovascular disease and mortality in type 2 diabetes.

Lung function was evaluated as forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1), FVC, and FEV1/FVC ratio, measured using spirometry at baseline, and postbronchodilator values of these measures were ...

Abstract: Preserved ratio impaired spirometry (PRISm) is a pulmonary function pattern characterized by a forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) to forced vital capacity ratio greater than 0 ...

Relationships between demographics and lung function (FEV1, FEV1/FVC, and Parameter D) were assessed using generalized linear models in NHANES and UK Biobank. Based on concordance between the ...

Despite ongoing progress, structural racism and health disparities continue to shape health care practices in ways health care providers may not even realize. A recent study in JAMA Network Open, ...

Blow it out, blow it out, blow it out, blow, blow, blow. Breathe deep, up, up, up, up and catch your breath He's doing a lung function test called Spirometry. Ed suffers from COPD – Chronic ...

Lung function assessment factoring in race performed poorly in flagging asthma among Black children, a study showed. The 2012 Global Lung Initiative (GLI) race-specific equation failed to detect ...

Children then participate in pulmonary function testing to assess their lung function, including forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) and forced vital capacity (FVC) tests. Children found to ...