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Novel equations better predict lung age: a retrospective analysis using two cohorts of participants with medical check-up examinations in Japan

BACKGROUND: The lung age equations developed by the Japanese Respiratory Society encounter several problems when being applied in a clinical setting. AIMS: To establish novel spirometry-derived lung age (SDL age) equations using data from a large number of Japanese healthy never-smokers with normal...

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Autores principales: Ishida, Yasushi, Ichikawa, Yuri Endo, Fukakusa, Motonori, Kawatsu, Akiko, Masuda, Katsunori
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4373493/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25789796
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npjpcrm.2015.11