Clinically stable asthmatics have highly reproducible pulmonary function tests.
The reproducibility of standard function tests was evaluated in a group of ten stable asthmatics over a 10-day period. Relationships between repeated measures of pulmonary functions examined by analysis of variance at the 95% confidence level were comparable to studies in normal subjects. This precision helps validate the recommendations of the Committee on Emphysema for assessment of reversibility in airway obstruction.
D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D013997:Time Factors