Respiratory function in aboriginal children.
One hundred and fifty-one Aboriginal school children and 246 non-Aboriginal children, all aged between 11 and 15 years, performed lung function tests with a Vitalograph spirometer. The results showed that the mean forced vital capacity was 20% larger in non-Aboriginal children of both sexes. Similar differences were found for the one-second forced expiratory volume, which was 15% larger for the non-Aboriginal boys and 17% larger for the non-Aboriginal girls. Comment is made on their smoking practices.
D000293:Adolescent; D001315:Australia; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012143:Respiratory Physiological Phenomena; D012424:Rural Population; D012907:Smoking; D014797:Vital Capacity; D000095283:Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples