Study of Racial Influence on Pulmonary Function Test in Indian and Nigerian Students
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 5
Abstract
There are various factors that affect pulmonary functioning. Racial influence is one among them. The aim of this study is to note the racial influence on pulmonary function test parameters between Nigerian and Indian students. The Subjects included 13 healthy Nigerian males and 14 healthy Indian males. They were all in the age group of 18-23 years. The study was done using RMS Helios spirometer-401 on a normal survey day. Considering height, weight and BMI the lung function seemed to be higher in Nigerians than in Indians but the difference was not statistically significant. This suggested a racial difference in pulmonary lung volumes between Nigerians and Indians which has to be confirmed on a larger population. Keywords: PFT, Spirometer, Racial influence.
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Buvana R, Prasad B K, Chandrashekar Karpoor, Deshpande D V
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