GOLD criteria overestimate airflow limitation in one-third of cases in the general Finnish population
The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) diagnostic criteria for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) use a fixed threshold of forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1)/forced vital capacity (FVC) ratio (<0.70) in post-bronchodilation spirometry to indicate disease,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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European Respiratory Society
2016-10-01
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| Series: | ERJ Open Research |
| Online Access: | http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/2/4/00084-2015.full |