TY - JOUR
T1 - Age and gender specific lung function predictive equations provide similar predictions for both a twin population and a general population from age 6 through adolescence
AU - Yu, Nxian
AU - Kumar, Rajesh
AU - Venners, Scott
AU - Pongracic, Jacqueline
AU - Wang, Mdbinyan
AU - Yang, Jianhua
AU - Li, Zhiping
AU - Wang, Liuliu
AU - Liu, Xue
AU - Tang, Genfu
AU - Xing, Houxun
AU - Xu, Xiping
AU - Wang, Xiaobin
PY - 2007/7
Y1 - 2007/7
N2 - Background: There have been numerous studies of asthma in twins, but no study has evaluated whether lung function predictive models yield similar results between twin and general populations. We sought to evaluate this in late childhood and adolescent subjects. Methods: We generated cross-sectional, sex- and age-specific regression models of FEV1, and FVC, in a community-based cohort of 3140 healthy, non-smoking Chinese twins using generalized estimating equations to adjust for correlations within twin pairs. We applied the model to a healthy non-smoking general population cohort of 2187 subjects from the same region, and compared %predicted FEV1 and FVC values between the two populations. Results: Stratified by age and sex, the associations of height with FEV1 or FVC varied by age group. During the adolescent growth spurt (age 13 for girls and ages 14-16 for boys), the associations of height with FEV1 or FVC were nonlinear and greater than that seen at other ages. During adolescence, FEV1 and FVC for a given height increased with age. The percent predicted values of FEV1 and FVC in the twin population were similar to that of the general population. Conclusions: Twin and general populations have similar patterns of lung function change over middle childhood and adolescence. Similar equations may be used to estimate percent predicted values. Finally, a single prediction equation cannot completely describe patterns of lung function from childhood through adolescence due to puberty related changes.
AB - Background: There have been numerous studies of asthma in twins, but no study has evaluated whether lung function predictive models yield similar results between twin and general populations. We sought to evaluate this in late childhood and adolescent subjects. Methods: We generated cross-sectional, sex- and age-specific regression models of FEV1, and FVC, in a community-based cohort of 3140 healthy, non-smoking Chinese twins using generalized estimating equations to adjust for correlations within twin pairs. We applied the model to a healthy non-smoking general population cohort of 2187 subjects from the same region, and compared %predicted FEV1 and FVC values between the two populations. Results: Stratified by age and sex, the associations of height with FEV1 or FVC varied by age group. During the adolescent growth spurt (age 13 for girls and ages 14-16 for boys), the associations of height with FEV1 or FVC were nonlinear and greater than that seen at other ages. During adolescence, FEV1 and FVC for a given height increased with age. The percent predicted values of FEV1 and FVC in the twin population were similar to that of the general population. Conclusions: Twin and general populations have similar patterns of lung function change over middle childhood and adolescence. Similar equations may be used to estimate percent predicted values. Finally, a single prediction equation cannot completely describe patterns of lung function from childhood through adolescence due to puberty related changes.
KW - Chinese
KW - Forced expiratory volume
KW - Forced vital capacity
KW - General population
KW - Sex- and age-specific predictive models
KW - Twin population
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U2 - 10.1002/ppul.20631
DO - 10.1002/ppul.20631
M3 - Article
C2 - 17534976
AN - SCOPUS:34347379921
VL - 42
SP - 631
EP - 639
JO - Pediatric Pulmonology
JF - Pediatric Pulmonology
SN - 8755-6863
IS - 7
ER -