Race-Specific Spirometry Equations Do Not Improve Models of Dyspnea and Quantitative Chest CT Phenotypes

202317 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Amy L. Non · University of California, San Diego

Barbara Bailey · San Diego State University

Surya P. Bhatt · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Richard Casaburi · Harbor–UCLA Medical Center

Elizabeth A. Regan · University of Colorado Denver

Angela Yee‐Moon Wang · University of California, San Diego

Alfonso Limon

Abstract

Race-specific equations offered no advantage over race-neutral/race-free equations in three distinct explanatory models of dyspnea and chest CT scan abnormalities. Race-neutral/race-free reference equations may improve pulmonary disease diagnoses and treatment in populations highly vulnerable to lung disease.

Topics & Keywords

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Health disparities and outcomes Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Reduced inequalities

Publication Details

Published in: CHEST Journal

Volume 164, Issue 6, pp. 1492-1504

DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.07.019

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