Abstract:
:Spirometric testing is traditionally achievable in children of school-age and beyond. Incorporation of interactive incentives motivates preschool children to facilitate measurement of forced expiratory indices. Validated spirometric reference standards are available for Caucasian preschoolers but lacking in Asians. We established spirometric references in Chinese children aged 2-7 years, who were recruited from 19 randomly selected nurseries and kindergartens in Hong Kong. Parents completed International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood questionnaire, and children concurrently performed incentive spirometry on-site according to international guideline. Prediction equations for spirometric indices were formulated by linear regression. One thousand four hundred two (72.9%) of 1,922 consented children, with mean (SD) age 4.4 (1.0) years, successfully performed spirometry. Following exclusions due to medical and technical reasons, 895 (63.8%) children contributed spirometric data to our references. Girls had lower FEV0.5 , FEV0.75 , FEV1 , FVC, and PEF but similar FEF25-75 than boys, adjusted for age, weight, and standing height as covariates. Standing height was the most important predictor for FEV0.5 , FEV0.75 , FEV1 , FVC, and PEF in both boys (adjusted R(2) 0.525-0.734) and girls (adjusted R(2) 0.583-0.721), whereas the best prediction model for both gender is formed by standing height, weight, and age. At various standing heights, our preschoolers had FEV1 Z-scores 0.13-1.00 higher than those of collaborative Caucasian reference. This study justifies the need for ethnic-specific reference equations and presents spirometry references in young Chinese children. Their forced expiratory indices are determined by gender, age, weight and standing height, and standing height is the best anthropometric index to predict all spirometric indices.
journal_name
Pediatr Pulmonoljournal_title
Pediatric pulmonologyauthors
Leung TF,Liu TC,Mak KK,Su X,Sy HY,Li AM,Lau JT,Lum S,Wong GWdoi
10.1002/ppul.22773subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2013-11-01 00:00:00pages
1119-26issue
11eissn
8755-6863issn
1099-0496journal_volume
48pub_type
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更新日期:2018-07-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2005-10-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2012-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Pediatric pulmonology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1997-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2013-12-01 00:00:00
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