American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
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Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med.
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Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. · Dec 2024
Comparison of Race-neutral Versus Race-specific Spirometry Equations for Evaluation of Child Asthma.
Race-based estimates of pulmonary function in children could influence the evaluation of asthma in children from racial and ethnic minoritized backgrounds. ⋯ Parent-reported race and ethnicity influenced relationships between lung function and asthma outcomes. Our data show no advantage to race-specific equations for evaluating childhood asthma, and the potential for race-specific equations to obscure lung impairment in disadvantaged children strongly supports using race-neutral equations.