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Race-neutral lung function equations change spirometry interpretation in children

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Black children had lower FEV 1 and FVC percent predicted after race-neutral vs. -specific equation use. Black vs ...
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Race-neutral equations for COPD trial eligibility may lead to more Black patients enrolled

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Race-neutral vs. -adjusted reference equations are recommended for spirometry interpretation. When using ...
MedPage Today

Race-Neutral Spirometry Equations Catch Missed Lung Abnormalities in Black Adults

Race-neutral equations for assessing lung function appeared to catch more true-abnormal findings for Black patients than did previously standard race-adjusted spirometry equations, a study showed.
The American Journal of Managed Care

Rate of Respiratory Impairments in Black Patients Increases When PFTs Use Race-Neutral Reference Equations

Using race-neutral rather than race and ethnicity-specific reference equations to interpret pulmonary function tests (PFTs) increased the number of Black individuals considered to have respiratory ...
clinicaladvisor.com

Race-Neutral Equations for Lung Function Improve Asthma Detection in Children

Race-neutral equations identified twice as many Black children with asthma or asthma symptoms, in comparison to race-specific equations. HealthDay News — Using a race-neutral equation identifies more ...
Phys.org

Adaptive tracking theory of molecular evolution challenges mutation neutrality

For a long time, evolutionary biologists have thought that the genetic mutations that drive the evolution of genes and proteins are largely neutral: they're neither good nor bad, but just ordinary ...