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Reference values for respiratory pressures in a general adult population--results of the Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP).
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PMID:  20726993     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Respiratory muscle pressures have been gaining increasing interest because of prognostic value. The study aim was to acquire reference values for respiratory pressures in a large-scale population-based survey--the Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP).
METHODS: One thousand eight hundred and nine participants (885 men) of a cross-sectional epidemiologic survey, called 'Study of Health in Pomerania--SHIP', underwent lung function and respiratory muscle pressure measurements. After excluding individuals with cardiopulmonary disorders, prediction equations for men and women were established by quantile regression analysis.
RESULTS: The final study population comprised 912 individuals (432 men), aged 25-80 years. The study provides a representative set of sex-specific prediction equations of respiratory muscle strength. Respiratory pressures are decreasing with age and are lower in women when compared to men.
CONCLUSIONS: Prediction equations for relevant respiratory pressures are given. Based on this well-described population-based survey with extensive cardiopulmonary investigations to exclude relevant interfering disorders a sufficient comprehensive set of reference values was obtained.
Authors:
Beate Koch; Christoph Schäper; Till Ittermann; Tom Bollmann; Henry Völzke; Stephan B Felix; Ralf Ewert; Sven Gläser
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2010-08-19
Journal Detail:
Title:  Clinical physiology and functional imaging     Volume:  30     ISSN:  1475-097X     ISO Abbreviation:  Clin Physiol Funct Imaging     Publication Date:  2010 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-11-02     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101137604     Medline TA:  Clin Physiol Funct Imaging     Country:  England    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  460-5     Citation Subset:  IM    
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© 2010 The Authors. Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging © 2010 Scandinavian Society of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine.
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine B-Cardiology, Pulmonary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Intensive Care Medicine, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald, Germany.
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