TY - JOUR
T1 - Six-second spirometry for detection of airway obstruction
T2 - A population-based study in Austria
AU - Lamprecht, Bernd
AU - Schirnhofer, Lea
AU - Tiefenbacher, Falko
AU - Kaiser, Bernhard
AU - Buist, Sonia A.
AU - Studnicka, Michael
AU - Enright, Paul
PY - 2007/9/1
Y1 - 2007/9/1
N2 - Rationale: The presence of airway obstruction is currently defined by Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) guidelines on the basis of the post-bronchodilator (BD) FEV1/FVC. It has been proposed that the traditional FVC can be replaced with the shorter and less demanding FEV6 fordetecting airway obstruction. Objectives: A comparison of FEV1/FVC and FEV1/FEV6 for the detection of airway obstruction in population-based post-bronchodilator spirometry data. Methods: A population-based sample of 1,349 adults participated in the Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease study in Austria. Specially trained and certified technicians conducted pre-BD and post-BD spirometry according to American Thoracic Society guidelines and administered standardized questionnaires. A total of 93% of the post-BD test sessions were acceptable, and were included in this analysis. The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey reference equations were used to calculate predicted values and lower limits of normal (LLN) for FEV1, FEV6, FVC, FEV1/FVC, and FEV1/FEV6. Measurements and Main Results: The post-BD FEV1/FVC was below the LLN in 199 (15.8%) subjects. The sensitivity of the FEV1/FEV6 for airway obstruction depended greatly on the threshold of percent predicted FEV1 also used in the definition. The overall sensitivity of FEV1/FEV6 for a diagnosis of airway obstruction, as defined by FEV1/ FVC (including participants with an FEV1 above the LLN), was 72.9%, with 98.8% specificity. The sensitivity increased to 98.0% when a low FEV1 was also required to diagnose post-BD airway obstruction. The discordant cases had long forced expiratory times, often showed a flow-volume curve pattern consistent with two-compartment emptying, and were more often never-smokers. Conclusions: Six-second spirometrymaneuvers (which measure FEV6) are as sensitive and specific for post-BD airway obstruction as traditional (prolonged exhalation time) FVC maneuvers only when the definition of airway obstruction includes a low FEV1.
AB - Rationale: The presence of airway obstruction is currently defined by Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) guidelines on the basis of the post-bronchodilator (BD) FEV1/FVC. It has been proposed that the traditional FVC can be replaced with the shorter and less demanding FEV6 fordetecting airway obstruction. Objectives: A comparison of FEV1/FVC and FEV1/FEV6 for the detection of airway obstruction in population-based post-bronchodilator spirometry data. Methods: A population-based sample of 1,349 adults participated in the Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease study in Austria. Specially trained and certified technicians conducted pre-BD and post-BD spirometry according to American Thoracic Society guidelines and administered standardized questionnaires. A total of 93% of the post-BD test sessions were acceptable, and were included in this analysis. The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey reference equations were used to calculate predicted values and lower limits of normal (LLN) for FEV1, FEV6, FVC, FEV1/FVC, and FEV1/FEV6. Measurements and Main Results: The post-BD FEV1/FVC was below the LLN in 199 (15.8%) subjects. The sensitivity of the FEV1/FEV6 for airway obstruction depended greatly on the threshold of percent predicted FEV1 also used in the definition. The overall sensitivity of FEV1/FEV6 for a diagnosis of airway obstruction, as defined by FEV1/ FVC (including participants with an FEV1 above the LLN), was 72.9%, with 98.8% specificity. The sensitivity increased to 98.0% when a low FEV1 was also required to diagnose post-BD airway obstruction. The discordant cases had long forced expiratory times, often showed a flow-volume curve pattern consistent with two-compartment emptying, and were more often never-smokers. Conclusions: Six-second spirometrymaneuvers (which measure FEV6) are as sensitive and specific for post-BD airway obstruction as traditional (prolonged exhalation time) FVC maneuvers only when the definition of airway obstruction includes a low FEV1.
KW - Airway obstruction
KW - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
KW - FEV
KW - Spirometry
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U2 - 10.1164/rccm.200702-337OC
DO - 10.1164/rccm.200702-337OC
M3 - Article
C2 - 17556719
AN - SCOPUS:34548413083
SN - 1073-449X
VL - 176
SP - 460
EP - 464
JO - American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
JF - American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
IS - 5
ER -