Impact of race-neutral global reference equations on spirometry interpretation in healthy children in The Gambia

IJTLD Open. 2024 Sep 1;1(9):418-421. doi: 10.5588/ijtldopen.24.0224. eCollection 2024 Sep.

E Nkereuwem^{1

2}, V F Edem¹, O Owolabi¹, M Genekah¹, S A Owusu^{1

2}, E D McCollum³, B Kampmann^{1

2

4}, T Togun^{1

2

5}

¹ Vaccines and Immunity Theme, MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia.
² Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
³ Global Program in Pediatric Respiratory Sciences, Eudowood Division of Pediatric Respiratory Sciences, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁴ Charité Centre for Global Health, Institute of International Health, Berlin, Germany.
⁵ TB Centre, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

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Keywords: GLI2022; Global Lung Function Initiative; adolescent; child; lung function; reference equation.

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