A ratio of your FEV1/FVC needs to be less than 0.7 for a diagnosis of COPD. Doctors grade your spirometry results from grade 1 (least severe) to grade 4 (most severe). In the old system ...

The test can help determine COPD staging. Depending on your FEV1 and FVC readings, your doctor will stage your COPD based on the following: The first stage is considered mild.Your FEV1 is equal to ...

Around 20% to 25% of individuals with rapidly declining FEV1/FVC trajectories experienced wheezing and usual ...

Participants with higher forced vital capacity, indicating better lung function, were less likely to develop heart disease, diabetes, and stroke over 10 years.

"Additionally, men experienced a 17% reduced risk of airway obstruction. In women, while higher hemoglobin levels were linked ...

Background: There is controversy about whether therapy with inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) modifies the natural history of COPD, characterized by an accelerated decline in FEV 1. Methods ...

You have emphysema if the ratio of FEV1 to FVC is less than 70% ... If you’re young and otherwise healthy, you could have severe lung damage and still be at stage 2. On the other hand, if ...

Researchers have found in a new study that Individuals with better lung function, as measured by forced vital capacity (FVC), ...

Ahmedabad: They stand for hours in the thick soup of exhaust fumes each day, directing the endless stream of vehicles that pulse through traffic junct.

Results Pulmonary function tests were evaluated from 311 athletes, across 20 Olympic and 13 paralympic sports (48% female, mean +/- SD age: 25 ± 5 years). Supra-normal FEV1 and FVC values were ...