RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Predicted normal values for maximal respiratory pressures in caucasian adults and children.
JF Thorax
JO Thorax
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
SP 535
OP 538
DO 10.1136/thx.39.7.535
VO 39
IS 7
A1 S H Wilson
A1 N T Cooke
A1 R H Edwards
A1 S G Spiro
YR 1984
UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/39/7/535.abstract
AB Maximal respiratory pressures at the mouth (PEmax and PImax) have been measured in 370 normal caucasian children and adults. Age, height, and weight were recorded for all subjects and incorporated in a stepwise multiple regression analysis to determine prediction equations for the maximal respiratory pressures in the children and adults for both sexes. In men PImax and PEmax were significantly correlated only with age (p less than 0.001 and less than 0.035 respectively), whereas in women they were correlated with height (p less than 0.035 and less than 0.03). In both boys and girls PImax was related to weight (p less than 0.0001 and less than 0.01 respectively) and PEmax to age (p less than 0.001 for both). The values for PImax and PEmax in adults were lower than in previously reported series, but in children the values obtained were similar to those reported for several smaller series.