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Table 3
Criteria for normality of spirometry
FVC FEV1 MMF FEV1/FVC
> 80% of predicted
> 80% of predicted
.>75% of predicted
age <29, >.75 age 30-59, >^.70 age >60, >.65
FVC predicted =
0.147 x Height (in.) - 0.025 x Age (yr.) - 4.241
FEVj predicted =
0.094 x Height (in.) - 0.032 x Age (yr.) - 1.426
(For Blacks, the predicted values were 89% of the above.)
MMF predicted 0.044 x Height (in.) - 0.046 x Age (yr.) + 2-806
(For Blacks, the same values were observed.)
From: Miller, Thornton, Smith and Morris. Am. J. Ind. Med. 1:55-68, (1980).