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ATS 2021, New York, NY - By removing race correction from the interpretation of pulmonary function test (PFT) results, Black individuals were shown to have a significantly higher prevalence and severity of lung disease, according to research presented at the ATS 2021 International Conference.
Alexander Moffett, MD, clinical fellow, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, and colleagues, sought to determine the real-world consequences of race correction for the interpretation of PFT results. Race correction, a standard practice in PFT interpretation that has no biological basis, results in a decrease in the predicted lower limit of normal for FEV1 (the maximum amount of air a person can forcibly exhale in one second) and FVC (forced vital capacity maximum amount exhaled forcefully after breathing in deeply) for Black patients.
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