Observational studyBMC pulmonary medicine2020
Validation of the global lung initiative 2012 multi-ethnic spirometric reference equations in healthy urban Zimbabwean 7-13 year-old school children: a cross-sectional observational study.
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- Evaluation of the Global Lung Function Initiative 2012 reference values for spirometry in an Iranian population.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Growth improvement following antiretroviral therapy initiation in children with perinatally-acquired HIV diagnosed in older childhood in Zimbabwe: a prospective cohort study.BMC pediatrics · 2022Article
- Age and body mass index affect fit of spirometry Global Lung Function Initiative references in schoolchildren.ERJ open research · 2022Article
- Bronchiectasis in African children: Challenges and barriers to care.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Review
- Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance profiles of respiratory microbial flora in African children with HIV-associated chronic lung disease.BMC infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Spirometry Abnormalities and Its Associated Factors Among Primary School Children in a Nigerian City.Clinical medicine insights. Pediatrics · 2021Article
- Choosing the Better Global Lung Initiative 2012 Equation in South African Population Groups.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2020Article
- A new spirometry reference equation for 3- to 12-year-old children in Brazil.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe 2012 Global Lung Function Initiative (GLI
methodsSpirometry and anthropometry were performed on black-Zimbabwean children recruited from three primary schools in urban and peri-urban Harare, with informed consent and assent. Individuals with a history or current symptoms of respiratory disease or with a body mass index-z score (BMI) < - 2 were excluded. Spirometry z-scores were generated from African-American GLI
resultsThe validation dataset contained acceptable spirometry data from 712 children (344 girls, mean age: 10.5 years (SD 1.81)). The spirometry z-scores were reasonably normally distributed, with all means lower than zero but within the range of ±0.5, indicating a good fit to the African-American GLI
conclusionThe use of African-American GLI
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