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News for Healthier Living
ATS is On a Mission to Take Race Out of Lung Function Testing; Encourages Use of GLI Global Reference Equations
 Race should not be used in the interpretation of pulmonary function test (PFT) results - a key measure of how an individual's lungs are functioning - concluded the American Thoracic Society in a 2023 official statement for clinicians. In the statement, published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, ATS's panel of experts recommended the use of recently-developed GLI Global reference equations instead of race/ethnicity-specific equations in PFT laboratories and clinical practice.
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