| An epidemiological study of pulmonary function tests in geriatric population of central India. | |
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PMID: 12024962 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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We have studied Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs) namely Vital Capacity (VC). Forced Vital Capacity (FVC), and Forced Expiratory Volume in First Second (FEV1). Forced Expiratory Flow(FEF 25-50%) in 1200 elderly subjects above 60 years of age of which 570 were females and 630 males. Mean age was 69.22 +/- 5.57 years in males and 68.77 +/- 5.44 in females. The mean value of ventilatory parameters were as follows-1) VC 2.99 +/- 0.5 lt in males and 1.89 +/- 0.29 lt in females. 2) FVC 2.69 +/- 0.58 lt. in males and 1.76 +/- 0.21 lt in females. 3) FEV1/FVC% 83.82 +/- 10.62% in males and 83.37 +/- 11.93% in females. 4) FEF 25-75% was 2.81 +/- 1.20 lt/sec in males and 2.13 +/- 1.27 lt/sec. Physical as well as ventilatory parameters were less in females than for males. The correlation of age with VC and FEV1 was highly significant (P < 0.01) but with FVC was not significant (P > 0.05). The correlation of height, weight and body surface area was not significant with any ventilatory parameter (P > 0.05). Multiple regression equations for VC, FVC and FEV1 were formulated for males and females taking height and age as variables. The predicted values correlated excellently with observed values. |
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Authors:
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Mrunal S Phatak; Geeta A Kurhade; Gauri C Pradhan; Geeta B Gosavi |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Indian journal of physiology and pharmacology Volume: 46 ISSN: 0019-5499 ISO Abbreviation: Indian J. Physiol. Pharmacol. Publication Date: 2002 Jan |
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Created Date: 2002-05-23 Completed Date: 2002-12-02 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0374707 Medline TA: Indian J Physiol Pharmacol Country: India |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 85-91 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Physiology, Government Medical College, Nagpur-440 003. |
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Age Factors Aged Confidence Intervals Epidemiologic Studies Female Geriatric Assessment* / methods, statistics & numerical data Humans India / epidemiology Male Middle Aged Prospective Studies Respiratory Function Tests / methods, statistics & numerical data |
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