BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Inspired and expired lung volumes measured by spirometry
are useful for detecting, characterising and quantifying the severity of lung disease. …

BACKGROUND ⇓ In preparing the joint statements on lung function testing for the American
Thoracic Society (ATS) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS), it was agreed by the …

… Dr Enright presented a version of this report at the 18th Annual New Horizons Symposium,
Pulmonary Function Testing in 2002: Updates and Answers, October 6, 2002, at the American …

Objective. —To determine whether a program incorporating smoking intervention and use
of an inhaled bronchodilator can slow the rate of decline in forced expiratory volume in 1 …

… Jensen: LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; P. Enright: 4460 E Ina Rd, Tucson, AZ,
USA; CPM van der Grinten: University Hospital of Maastrict, Maastricht, the Netherlands; P …

BACKGROUND This joint statement is based on the previous statements from the American
Thoracic Society (ATS) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS), and much of the …

The Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) is a population-based, longitudinal study of coronary
heart disease and stroke in adults aged 65 years and older. The main objective of the …

… Four African–American datasets were available [6, 17, 29] (personal communication; the
MESA investigators RG Barr, PL Enright and JL Hankinson) comprising 1,520 males and 2,025 …

Background: The assessment of asthma control is pivotal to the evaluation of treatment
response in individuals and in clinical trials. Previously, asthma control, severity, and …

In order to establish reference equations for prediction of the total distance walked during
six minutes (6MWD) for healthy adults, we administered the standardized 6-min walk test to …