Research Article
Establishment of Reference Norms for Lung Function Parameters of Healthy Sri Lankan Tamils
Table 11
Comparison of lung function parameters of adults of different ethnic group.
| Ethnicity | Males (predicted for 45 years, 170 cm height) | Females (predicted for 45 years age, 160 cm height) | VC | FVC | FEV1 | FEV1% | PEFR | VC | FVC | FEV1 | FEV1% | PEFR |
| Present study | 3.33 | 3.52 | 2.98 | | 461.27 | 2.37 | 2.48 | 2.16 | | 319.18 | Sinhalese [7] | | 3.5 | 2.85 | | 571.44 | | 2.27 | 2.03 | | 400.74 | Calcutta [18, 19] | 3.70 | 3.73 | 2.99 | 78.77 | 527.51 | 2.23 | 2.30 | 1.89 | 75.25 | 399.40 | South Indians [20] | | 3.68 | 3.03 | 77.88 | | | 2.71 | 2.26 | 79.29 | | North Indians [21] | | | 3.05 | | | | 3.34 | 2.49 | 77.38 | | Pakistanian [22] | | 3.80 | 2.86 | | | | 2.72 | 1.98 | | | Malaysian [23] | | 3.22 | 2.88 | | | | 2.35 | 2.08 | | | Chinese [6] | | 3.95 | 3.22 | | | | 2.86 | 2.35 | | | Brazilian [24] | | 4.02 | 3.35 | 82.13 | 478.51 | | 3.03 | 2.54 | 84.16 | 359.80 | Jordanian [25] | | 4.78 | 3.92 | | | | 3.49 | 2.8 | | | Canadian [26] | | 4.63 | 3.67 | 79.25 | | | 3.42 | 2.76 | 80.29 | | GLI 2012 [10] | | 3.98 | 2.57 | 74.00 | | | 2.32 | 1.92 | 74.00 | |
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