Differences and agreement between two portable hand-held spirometers across diverse community-based populations in the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study.
MyLinh DuongSumathy RangarajanMichele ZamanNafiza Mat NasirPamela SerónKaren YeatesAfzalhussein M YusufaliRasha KhatibLap Ah TseChuangshi WangAndreas WielgoszKoon TeoRajesh KumarAlvaro AvezumRosnah IsmailBurcu Tumerdem ÇalıkSoumya GopakumarOmar RahmanKatarzyna ZatonskaAnnika RosengrenJohanna OteroRoya KelishadiRafael DiazThandi PuoaneSalim YusufPublished in: PLOS global public health (2022)
In this multicenter, diverse community-based cohort study, measurements from two portable spirometers provided good correlation, small and unbiased differences between measurements. These data support their interchangeable use across diverse populations to provide accurate trends in serial lung function measurements in epidemiological studies.