Title :

Reference Ranges for Shape Indices of the Flow-Volume Loop of Healthy Children

Author(s) :

Nève, Véronique [Auteur]
Edme, Jean-Louis [Auteur]
IMPact de l’Environnement Chimique sur la Santé humaine (IMPECS) - EA 4483
IMPact de l’Environnement Chimique sur la Santé humaine (IMPECS) - EA 4483
Baquet, Georges [Auteur]
Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport, Santé, Société (URePSSS) - ULR 7369
Matran, Regis [Auteur]
IMPact de l'Environnement Chimique sur la Santé humaine (IMPECS) - ULR 4483

Journal title :

Pediatric pulmonology

Abbreviated title :

Pediatr. Pulmonol.

Volume number :

50

Pages :

1017-1024

Publication date :

2015-10-01

ISSN :

8755-6863

English keyword(s) :

Spirometry refference values
Pediatric lung function testing
preschool and school lung function

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

English abstract : [en]

BACKGROUND: The concavity of the descending limb of the maximum expiratory flow-volume loop (MEFVL) is the earliest change associated with airflow obstruction in small airways (ATS/ERS Task Force). The shape of the MEFVL ...
Show more >BACKGROUND: The concavity of the descending limb of the maximum expiratory flow-volume loop (MEFVL) is the earliest change associated with airflow obstruction in small airways (ATS/ERS Task Force). The shape of the MEFVL changes with age but there are no reference values for shape indices for preschool and school children. OBJECTIVE: To define pediatric reference values for spirometric data and 3 shape indices of MEFVL: 2 geometric indices: the β angle i.e., the angle between the first ½ part and the 2nd part of the MEFVL and the forced expiratory flow after 50% of the forced vital capacity (FVC) has been exhaled/peak expiratory flow (FEF50 /PEF) ratio; and a ratio that describes relative growth between airway and lung parenchyma, the forced expiratory flow between 25 and 75% of FVC/FVC ratio (FEF25-75 /FVC ratio). METHODS: Data were obtained from 446 Caucasian children (2.5 to 15-year-old). The lambda, mu, sigma method was applied. RESULTS: References for spirometric parameters and 3 shape indices. The geometric indices decreased with age from 3 years of age (mean β angle was 215° and FEF50 /PEF ratio was 0.82) until 8 years of age (mean β angle was 191° and FEF50 /PEF ratio was 0.60) and then remained constant. The FEF25-75 /FVC ratio also decreased with age. Sex was a significant determinant for FEF25-75 /FVC ratio predicted values. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides standard reference equations for indices of mid-expiratory flows in children and we suggest using the FEF50 /PEF index.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Administrative institution(s) :

CHU Lille
Univ. Littoral Côte d’Opale
Univ. Artois
Université de Lille
Institut Pasteur de Lille

Collections :

• IMPact de l'Environnement Chimique sur la Santé humaine (IMPECS) - ULR 4483
• Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport, Santé, Société (URePSSS) - ULR 7369

Research team(s) :

Activité Physique, Muscle, Santé (APMS)

Submission date :

2019-09-24T07:27:12Z