Respiratory function in aboriginal school children.
Two hundred and three school-age Aboriginal children living on Cherbourg Aboriginal Settlement have had lung function tested with a dry spirometer. As with other non-Caucasian children, the forced vital capacity (FVC) was about 25% below values for Caucasian children, but the ratio between forced expiratory volume in one second and forced vital capacity (FEV1/FVC ratio), the mean mid-expiratory flow rate (MMEFR) and testing before and after a bronchodilator showed no evidence of widespread airways disease. Analysis of a subgroup of 126 children showed that birthweight, weight at one year of age, and current nutrition did not affect the level of the FVC.
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001315:Australia; D001724:Birth Weight; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005105:Expiratory Reserve Volume; D005260:Female; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008176:Lung Volume Measurements; D008297:Male; D012120:Respiration Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013147:Spirometry; D000095283:Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples