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Comment
. 2022 Sep 15;206(6):790-792.
doi: 10.1164/rccm.202201-0197LE.

Race/Ethnicity and Reference Equations for Spirometry

Martin R Miller  1 , Brian L Graham  2 , Bruce R Thompson  3
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Race/Ethnicity and Reference Equations for Spirometry

Martin R Miller et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. .
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Data replotted from McCormack et al. (1) as percentage of the group rather than the number of people for African ancestry (blue lines) and European ancestry (orange lines).
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  • Reply by McCormack et al. to Townsend and Cowl, and to Miller et al.
    McCormack M, Balasubramanian A, Wise RA, Keet CA, Matsui EC, Peng RD. McCormack M, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022 Sep 15;206(6):795-796. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202202-0378LE. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022. PMID: 35503239 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
  • Reply by Elmaleh-Sachs et al. to Townsend and Cowl, and to Miller et al.
    Elmaleh-Sachs A, Balte P, Oelsner EC, Allen NB, Baugh A, Bertoni AG, Hankinson JL, Pankow JS, Post WS, Schwartz JE, Smith BM, Watson K, Barr RG. Elmaleh-Sachs A, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022 Sep 15;206(6):792-795. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202204-0628LE. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022. PMID: 35503649 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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