• Respiratory medicine · Dec 2013

    The recent multi-ethnic global lung initiative 2012 (GLI2012) reference values don't reflect contemporary adult's North African spirometry.

    • Helmi Ben Saad, Mohamed Nour El Attar, Khaoula Hadj Mabrouk, Ahmed Ben Abdelaziz, Ahmed Abdelghani, Mohamed Bousarssar, Khélifa Limam, Chiraz Maatoug, Hmida Bouslah, Ameur Charrada, and Sonia Rouatbi.
    • Functional Exploration Laboratory, Occupational Medicine Group of Sousse, Tunisia; Research Unit: prevention secondaire après infarctus du myocarde, N: 04/UR/08-18, Faculty of Medicine of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia; Laboratory of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sousse, Tunisia; Department of Physiology and Functional Explorations, Farhat HACHED Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia. Electronic address: helmi.bensaad@rns.tn.
    • Respir Med. 2013 Dec 1;107(12):2000-8.

    BackgroundThe applicability of the recent multi-ethnic reference equations derived by the ERS Global Lung Initiative (ERS/GLI) in interpreting spirometry data in North African adult subjects has not been studied.ObjectiveTo ascertain how well the recent ERS/GLI reference equations fit contemporary adult Tunisian spirometric data.Population And MethodsSpirometric data were recorded from 1192 consecutive spirometry procedures in adults aged 18-60 years. Reference values and lower limits of normality (LLN) were calculated using the local and the ERS/GLI reference equations. Applied definitions: large airway obstructive ventilatory defect (LAOVD): FEV1/FVC < LLN. Tendency to a restrictive ventilatory defect (TRVD): FEV1 and FVC < LLN and FEV1/FVC ≥ LLN. The spirometric profile, according to the two reference equations, was determined. Z-scores for spirometry from North African healthy subjects (n = 489) were calculated. If the average Z-score deviated by <± 0.5 from the overall mean, the ERS/GLI reference equations would be considered as reflective of contemporary Tunisian spirometry.ResultsUsing Tunisian reference equations, 71.31%, 6.71% and 19.04% of spirometry records were interpreted as normal, and as having, LAOVD and TRVD, respectively. Using the ERS/GLI reference equations, these figures were respectively, 85.82%, 4.19% and 8.39%. The mean ± SD Z-scores for the contemporary healthy North African subject's data were -0.55 ± 0.87 for FEV1, -0.62 ± 0.86 for FVC and 0.10 ± 0.73 for FEV1/FVC.ConclusionThe present study don't recommend the use of the recent ERS/GLI reference equations to interpret spirometry in North African adult population.Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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