Table. 1—

Outcomes of a MEDLINE search using the keywords“reference equations” and “spirometry”

First author	Year	Country/area/nature of study	Journal
Kotaniemi	2004	Finland; adults	Int J Circumpolar Health 2004; 63: 129–139
Subbarao	2004	Canada; comparison of references	Pediatr Pulmonol 2004; 37: 515–522
Falaschetti	2004	England; prediction equations from the Health Survey	Eur Respir J 2004; 23: 456–463
Botsis	2003	Greece; neural networks for the prediction of spirometric reference values in the elderly	Med Inform Internet Med 2003; 28: 299–309
Ben Saad	2003	Tunisia; vital capacity and peak expiratory flow rates in the elderly	Rev Mal Respir 2003; 20: 521–530 (French)
Mustajbegovic	2003	Croatia; comparison with European reference values	Croat Med J 2003; 44: 614–617
Perez-Padilla	2003	Mexico; comparison with Mexican American children	Pediatr Pulmonol 2003; 35: 177–183
Torres	2003	Brazil; height and arm span in children	Pediatr Pulmonol 2003; 36: 202–208
Golshan	2003	Iran	Eur Respir J 2003; 22: 529–534
Mohamed	2002	Italy	Lung 2002; 180: 149–159
Boskabady	2002	Iran	Respiration 2002; 69: 320–326
Havryk	2002	Himalayan Sherpas	Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2002; 132: 223
Dejsomritrutai	2002	Thailand	Respirology 2002; 7: 123–127
Langhammer	2001	Norway	Eur Respir J 2001; 18: 770–779
Milivojevic-Poleksic	2001	Pacific Island	Respirology 2001; 6: 247–253
Marion	2001	USA; American Indian	Chest 2001; 120: 489–495
Kivastik	2001	Estonia; school children	Clin Physiol 2001; 21: 490–497
Manzke	2001	Germany; children aged 6–16 yrs from “hospital normals”	Eur J Pediatr 2001; 160: 300–306
Perez-Padilla	2001	Mexico; Mexican workers	Salud Publica Mex 2001; 43: 113–121 (Spanish)
Pistelli	2000	Italy	Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000; 161: 899–905
Vijayan	2000	India; South Indian children	Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci 2000; 42: 147–156
Baltopoulos	2000	Greece; Greek elderly	Lung 2000; 178: 201–212
Ip	2000	Chinese children and adolescents in Hong Kong	Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000; 162: 424–429
Dejsomritrutai	2000	Thailand	J Med Assoc Thai 2000; 83: 457–466
Quadrelli	1999	Italy	Respir Med 1999; 93: 523–535
Morato Rodriguez	1999	Spain; children of Basque Autonomic Community	An Esp Pediatr 1999; 51: 17–21 (Spanish)
Crapo	1999	Comparison of Mongolians/Caucasians	Eur Respir J 1999; 13: 606–609
Hankinson	1999	USA population sample, aged 8–80 yrs (NHANES III)	Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1999; 159: 179–187
Baur	1999	Germany; comparison of lung function reference values	Int Arch Occup Environ Health 1999; 72: 69–83
McDonnell	1998	USA; older adults	Respir Med 1998; 92: 914–921
Martin	1998	Canada; Quebec	Rev Mal Respir 1998; 15: 781–788 (French)
Castellsague	1998	ECRHS; European populations	Respir Med 1998; 92: 401–407
Roca	1998	ECRHS; validation	Eur Respir J 1998; 11: 1354–1362
Pan	1997	China; Taiwan	Chin J Physiol 1997; 40: 165–174
Rajkappor	1997	India; school children	Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci 1997; 39: 97–105
Luttmann	1997	Germany; 7–18-yr-old probands	Pneumologie 1997; 51: 47–54 (German)
Chin	1997	Singapore; nonsmoking adults	Respirology 1997; 2: 143–149
Oyarzun	1996	Chile	Rev Med Chil 1996; 124: 1365–1367 (Spanish)
Gutierrez	1996	Chilean population >5 yrs old	Rev Med Chil 1996; 124: 1295–1306 (Spanish)
Enright	1996	USA; elderly Blacks	Chest 1996; 110: 1416–1424
Diez-Herranz	1996	Comparison reference values recommended by the pneumology Spanish and European societies	Arch Bronconeumol 1996; 32: 459–462 (Spanish)
Louw	1996	South African males (normative values)	S Afr Med J 1996; 86: 814–819
Parma	1996	Male Italians aged 7–18 yrs	Eur J Epidemiol 1996; 12: 263–277
Giri	1996	Bhutan	J Assoc Physicians India 1996; 44: 320–322
Brandli	1996	Adult Swiss population	Thorax 1996; 51: 277–283
Sharp	1996	Japanese-American males aged 71–90 yrs	Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1996; 153: 805–811
Quintero	1996	Healthy Nicaraguan male workers	Am J Ind Med 1996; 29: 41–48
Enright	1995	USA; healthy Minnesota 65–85-yr-old males and females	Chest 1995; 108: 663–669
Sirotkovic	1995	Croatia; school children from Dalmatia	Monaldi Arch Chest Dis 1995; 50: 258–263
Gore	1995	Healthy adult lifetime nonsmokers in Australia	Eur Respir J 1995; 8: 773–782
Quanjer	1995	White European children and adolescents	Pediatr Pulmonol 1995; 19: 135–142
Dufetel	1995	Togo; Senegalese Black children and adolescents	Rev Mal Respir 1995; 12: 135–143 (French)
Fulton	1995	USA; MVV in African American adolescent females	Pediatr Pulmonol 1995; 20: 225–233

NHANES: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; ECRHS: European Community Respiratory Health Survey; MVV: maximum voluntary ventilation.