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FEV6 and FEV1/FEV6 in Japanese Participants of the Community-Based Annual Health Check: The Takahata Study

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2011

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Hiroyuki Kishi, Yoko Shibata, Daisuke Osaka, Shuichi Abe, Sumito Inoue, Yoshikane Tokairin, Akira Igarashi, Keiko Yamauchi, Tomomi Kimura, Michiko Sato,
Internal Medicine

Abstract

The results of the present study suggest that %FEV(6) and FEV(1)/FEV(6) are excellent substitutes for %FVC and FEV(1)/FVC, respectively. We confirmed the validity of the use of FEV(6) and FEV(1)/FEV(6) for identifying pulmonary diseases in Japanese individuals.

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