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Vital capacity and COPD: the Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study (SCAPIS)

BACKGROUND: Spirometric diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is based on the ratio of forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV(1))/vital capacity (VC), either as a fixed value <0.7 or below the lower limit of normal (LLN). Forced vital capacity (FVC) is a proxy for VC. The f...

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Autores principales: Torén, Kjell, Olin, Anna-Carin, Lindberg, Anne, Vikgren, Jenny, Schiöler, Linus, Brandberg, John, Johnsson, Åse, Engström, Gunnar, Persson, H Lennart, Sköld, Magnus, Hedner, Jan, Lindberg, Eva, Malinovschi, Andrei, Piitulainen, Eeva, Wollmer, Per, Rosengren, Annika, Janson, Christer, Blomberg, Anders, Bergström, Göran
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4859418/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27194908
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S104644