ArticleBreathe (Sheffield, England)2024
ERS/ATS Global Lung Function Initiative normal values and classifying severity based on z-scores instead of per cent predicted.
Article in Breathe (Sheffield, England), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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
12 citing papers in PubMed.
- Pulmonary function test parameters before liver transplantation predict post-transplant survival and respiratory-related death.Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society · 2026Article
- Comparing Multiple Breath Washout Parameters in a Matched Cohort of Children With Cystic Fibrosis and Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia.Pediatric pulmonology · 2026Article
- Role of Airwave Oscillometry in Patients with Combined Fibrosis-Emphysema Syndrome (CPFE) with Preserved FEV1/FVC Ratio.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Emerging Strategies in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pleural Mesothelioma: An Overview.Thoracic cancer · 2026Review
- Lower Limit of Normal of Pulmonary Function to Define Baseline Lung Allograft Dysfunction.Transplantation direct · 2026Article
- Retrospective Study of Complicated Pneumonia at the Pediatric Department of the University Hospital of Padua: Experience from 2022 to 2024.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Classification of pulmonary diseases using machine learning and deep learning models on GLI-2012 standardized spirometry features.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2026Article
- Development of the Respiratory System During Adolescence.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026Review
- Rectifying COPD management: a critical analysis of the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease strategy.ERJ open research · 2026Review
- Tolerance-guided dose adjustment in sublingual immunotherapy for children with dust mite-induced allergic rhinitis: a 6-month prospective cohort study.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Precision public health: A natural experiment on chronic high-contrast PM2.5 exposure and pulmonary function among older adults.PloS one · 2026Article
- A scoping review of the effectiveness, appropriateness and economic efficiency of the vacuum bell for pectus excavatum within the Swiss healthcare system.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Among the most discussed issues in the field of pulmonary function testing are reference equations and standardised methods of interpreting pulmonary function test (PFT) results. The Global Lung Function Initiative (GLI) task force gathered information from multiple countries with diverse ethnicities to create a multi-ethnic reference formula suitable for a broad age range. Their first output was the GLI-2012 spirometry reference equations. Together with the GLI-2012 reference equations, the GLI document recommended the use of z-scores to standardise the interpretation of PFT results. Z-scores were introduced as an alternative to per cent predicted and fixed thresholds in interpreting PFTs. After more than a decade, there is still debate on which method of interpretation is better.
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.