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Thorax 54:1119-1138 doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1119
  • Occasional review

Gender differences in airway behaviour over the human life span

Table 2

Sex differences in lung growth and development in childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood

  • Compiled from references 15, 24–27, 29–31, 39–43.

  • FEF = forced expiratory flow rate; TLC= total lung capacity; FVC= forced vital capacity; FEV1 = forced expiratory volume in one second.

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