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Table 3 Obstructive and spirometric restrictive pattern disturbance proportions according to different interpretation methods

From: Reference values for spirometry in elderly individuals: a cross-sectional study of different reference equations

 

Airway obstruction

Spirometric restrictive pattern

Total (n = 260)

Female (n = 181)

Male (n = 79)

Total (n =260)

Female (n = 181)

Male (n = 79)

NHANES III

39 (15.0%)

24 (13.3%)

15 (19.0%)

67 (25.8%)

44 (24.31%)

23 (29.1%)

ECSC93

136 (52.3%)

121 (66.9%)

15 (19.0%)

28 (10.8%)

11 (6.1%)

17 (21.5%)

GLI12

21 (8.1%)

15 (8.3%)

6 (7.59%)

77 (29.6%)

48 (25.52%)

29 (36.7%)