ABSTRACT
There is insufficient information about reference values for pulmonary volumes for Iranian populations. A study of lung function parameters was made on 302 non-smoking healthy Iranian students (152 male and 150 female). Lung function measures correlated strongly with height but not with body mass index. There were significant differences between some of the measured parameters and American Thoracic Society reference values for Caucasians (P < 0.05). Of note is the high functional residual capacity (110% higher) and low inspirational capacity (86% lower) in males compared with the reference values.
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Adolescent/physiology , Lung Volume Measurements , Anthropometry , Arabs/ethnology , Arabs/genetics , Arabs/statistics & numerical data , Body Height , Body Mass Index , Female , Forced Expiratory Flow Rates/physiology , Functional Residual Capacity/physiology , Humans , Inspiratory Reserve Volume/physiology , Iran , Linear Models , Lung Volume Measurements/instrumentation , Male , Plethysmography/instrumentation , Reference Values , Residual Volume/physiology , Sex Characteristics , Thorax/anatomy & histology , Tidal Volume/physiology , Urban Population/statistics & numerical data , Vital Capacity/physiology , White People/ethnology , White People/genetics , White People/statistics & numerical dataABSTRACT
There is insufficient information about reference values for pulmonary volumes for Iranian populations. A study of lung function parameters was made on 302 non-smoking healthy Iranian students [152 male and 150 female]. Lung function measures correlated strongly with height but not with body mass index. There were significant differences between some of the measured parameters and American Thoracic Society reference values for Caucasians [P < 0.05]. Of note is the high functional residual capacity [110% higher] and low inspirational capacity [86% lower] in males compared with the reference values
