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Race-specific spirometry equations may overestimate asthma control in Black children and adolescents

BACKGROUND: A growing body of evidence suggests that use of race terms in spirometry reference equations underestimates disease burden in Black populations, which may lead to disparities in pulmonary disease outcomes. Data on asthma-specific health consequences of using race-adjusted spirometry are...

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Autores principales: Burbank, Allison J., Atkinson, Claire E., Espaillat, Andre E., Schworer, Stephen A., Mills, Katherine, Rooney, Jennifer, Loughlin, Ceila E., Phipatanakul, Wanda, Hernandez, Michelle L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10433634/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37592259
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-023-02505-3