Effects of adopting the Global Lung Function Initiative 2017 reference equations on the interpretation of carbon monoxide transfer factor

The recently published Global Lung Function Initiative (GLI) carbon monoxide transfer factor (T-LCO) reference equations provide an opportunity to adopt a current, all-age, widely applicable reference set. The aim of this study was to document the effect of changing to GLI from commonly utilised ref...

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Veröffentlicht in:The European respiratory journal 2020-05, Vol.55 (5), p.1901905, Article 1901905
Hauptverfasser: Brazzale, Danny J., Seccombe, Leigh M., Welsh, Liam, Lanteri, Celia J., Farah, Claude S., Ruehland, Warren R.
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Zusammenfassung:The recently published Global Lung Function Initiative (GLI) carbon monoxide transfer factor (T-LCO) reference equations provide an opportunity to adopt a current, all-age, widely applicable reference set. The aim of this study was to document the effect of changing to GLI from commonly utilised reference equations on the interpretation of T-LCO results. 33863 T-LCO results (48% female, 88% Caucasian, n=930 aged
ISSN:0903-1936
1399-3003
DOI:10.1183/13993003.01905-2019