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1 Point: Should We Abandon FEV1/FVC <0
Point: Should We Abandon FEV1/FVC <0.70 To Detect Airway Obstruction? No  Bartolome R. Celli, MD, FCCP, Ron J. Halbert, MD  CHEST  Volume 138, Issue 5, Pages (November 2010) DOI: /chest Copyright © 2010 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1. Prevalence of physiologic COPD and hypertension. COPD was defined as FVC1/FVC <0.7. Hypertension was defined as values >140/90 mm Hg. CHEST  , DOI: ( /chest ) Copyright © 2010 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2. Prevalence of patient-reported COPD and hypertension as reported in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. CHEST  , DOI: ( /chest ) Copyright © 2010 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions


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