spirometry: race-based values inappropriate
in the current enlightened approach to reassessing race-based normative values, the MESA Lung Study found that race/ethnicity-neutral spirometry values were appropriately predictive of long-term clinical chronic lower respiratory disease (see spirometry no diff outcomes by race AmJRespCritCare2021 in dropbox, or DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202107-1612OC ) Details: -- standardized spirometry done by the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) Lung Study, a population-based, prospective cohort study of 3,344 White, Black, Hispanic, and Asian adults from 2004-2006 -- participants were from six US communities with a minimum of two racial/ethnic groups recruited at each site -- chronic lower respiratory disease ( CLRD) was a physician-based diagnosis, and included the categories of COPD, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and asthma -- baseline demographics: -- mean age 65, self-reported race/ethnicity was 36% White/25% Black/23% Hispanic/...