Ethnically specific norms for ventilatory function.

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Reconsidering the Utility of Race-Specific Lung Function Prediction Equations.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2022
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2. Prognostic implications of differences in forced vital capacity in black and white US adults: Findings from NHANES III with long-term mortality follow-up.EClinicalMedicine · 2021
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3. African ancestry, lung function and the effect of genetics.The European respiratory journal · 2015
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4. Volcanic air pollution over the Island of Hawai'i: Emissions, dispersal, and composition. Association with respiratory symptoms and lung function in Hawai'i Island school children.Environment international
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  The use of ethnically specific norms for ventilatory function in African-American and white populations.2012

Authors and funding

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Abstract

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