South African and International Reference Values for Lung Function and its Relationship with Blood Pressure in Africans

In South Africa respiratory diseases are highly prevalent, with cardiovascular disease being a manifestation. However, international reference values for lung function are commonly used, which may not be appropriate to correctly identify reduced lung function. An inverse relationship exists between...

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Published in:	Heart, lung & circulation Vol. 24; no. 6; pp. 573 - 582
Main Authors:	van Rooyen, Yolandi, Huisman, Hugo W., Schutte, Aletta E., Eloff, Fritz C., Du Plessis, Johan L., Kruger, Annamarie, Van Rooyen, Johannes M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Australia Elsevier B.V 01.06.2015
Subjects:	Adult Black or African American Black People - statistics & numerical data Cardiovascular Cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular Diseases - ethnology Cardiovascular Diseases - physiopathology Cross-Sectional Studies Ethnicity Europe Female Forced Expiratory Volume - physiology Humans Hypertension Hypertension - ethnology Hypertension - physiopathology Internationality Lung function Male Middle Aged Predictive Value of Tests Reference Values Respiratory diseases Respiratory Function Tests Respiratory Tract Diseases - epidemiology Respiratory Tract Diseases - physiopathology South Africa Spirometry United States Vital Capacity - physiology White People - statistics & numerical data United States South Africa Europe Hypertension Cardiovascular disease Ethnicity Lung function Respiratory diseases
ISSN:	1443-9506, 1444-2892, 1444-2892
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