… , excessive lung function decline occurred below FEV 1 /FVC … until even lower thresholds
(FEV 1 /FVC of 0.55 or Z-score of −… at risk for excessive lung function decline and mortality were …

… lung function decline is an independent predictor of morbidity and mortality and that its predictive
… obtain follow-up spirometry. However, because this source of error underestimates the …

… On the other hand, lung function parameters including forced … capacity (FVC) are important
predictors of morbidity and mortality in elderly persons. In practical use, the FEV1 and FVC …

… declines in lung function. We examined correlations between serum biomarkers and the
decline of lung function in … FEV 1 is easily measured and is a spirometric predictor of mortality in …

… the predictors of longitudinal decline in lung function for participants of the Cardiovascular
Health … predictors of change in lung function, FEV 1 and FVC in an elderly population. Both …

… incorporating lung function decline as either an outcome or predictive … spirometric data
available at the follow up visit. Significant predictors of not having follow up pulmonary function …

… In those continuing to smoke, the relative strength of spirometric predictors of the change
in FEV1 during 5 years of follow-up (DFEV1) was determined using a linear regression model.…

… the ability of baseline FVC to predict further pulmonary function loss, we … of pulmonary
function decline as being initially steep and then relatively flat. Measurement of pulmonary function …

… or lung-function parameters. Our aim was to assess predictors of functional decline in SSc-ILD
patients and compare disease behavior to that in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (…

… low income had a larger decline in FEV 1 /FVC than smokers with high income. However,
income was the SES predictor that was not associated with lung function decline in the main …