On the contribution of height to predict lung volumes, capacities and diffusion in healthy school children of 10-17 years.
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1993-10-01
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Lung volumes, capacities, diffusion and alveolar volumes with physical characteristics (age, height and weight) were recorded for 186 healthy school children (96 boys and 90 girls) of 10-17 years age group. The objective was to study the relative importance of physical characteristics as regressor variables in regression models to estimate lung functions. We observed that height is best correlated with all the lung functions. Inclusion of all physical characteristics in the models have little gain compared to the ones having just height as regressor variable. We also find that exponential models were not only statistically valid but fared better compared to the linear ones. We conclude that lung functions covary with height and other physical characteristics but do not depend upon them. The rate of increase in the functions depend upon initial lung functions. Further, we propose models and provide ready reckoners to give estimates of lung functions with 95 per cent confidence limits based on heights from 125 to 170 cm for the age group of 10 to 17 years.
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Gupta CK, Mishra G, Mehta SC, Prasad J. On the contribution of height to predict lung volumes, capacities and diffusion in healthy school children of 10-17 years. The Indian Journal of Chest Diseases & Allied Sciences. 1993 Oct-Dec; 35(4): 167-77