The aim of our study was to determine the contribution of secular trends and sample size to
lung function reference equations, and establish the number of local subjects required to …

Pulmonary function testing is often considered the basis for diagnosis in many categories of
pulmonary disease. Although most of the testing methodologies are well established and …

BACKGROUND This section is written to provide guidance in interpreting pulmonary
function tests (PFTs) to medical directors of hospital-based laboratories that perform PFTs …

In recent months, medical institutions across the United States redoubled their efforts to
examine the history of race and racism in medicine, in classrooms, in research, and in …

Rationale: Black adults have worse health outcomes compared with white adults in certain
chronic diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Objectives: To …

Introduction Disparities exist in lung cancer outcomes between African American and white
people. The current United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) lung cancer …

Abstract Background Because Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) is reduced in Black relative to
White Americans of the same age, sex, and height, standard lung function prediction …

African-Americans have lower lung function than whites. However, the relative contributions
of body habitus and socioeconomic factors are unknown. To address this question, we …

Importance Using race and ethnicity in clinical prediction models can reduce or inadvertently
increase racial and ethnic disparities in medical decisions. Objective To compare eligibility …

Background Criteria for low-dose CT scan lung cancer screening vary across guidelines.
Knowledge of the eligible pool across demographic groups can enable policy and …