Peak expiratory flow rate in Sri Lankan schoolchildren of Sinhalese ethnic origin

Comparison of peak expiratory flow rate in healthy urban and rural school children in and around Bangalore: a cross sectional study

“…Several recent studies had also shown the highest correlation coefficient between PEFR with height, which was also proven in our study where the highest correlation was found between the two. 7,15 In addition to height the arm span was also measured which showed the next best correlation after height. Arm span has a merit that it can replace height in subjects or patients, in whom height cannot be measured accurately.…”

Peak expiratory flow rate of rural school children from Wardha district, Maharashtra in India

“…[1][2][3] Ventilation function studies in adult population from different parts of India are well documented, [4,5] but the similar data in children are limited. [6,7] The measured PEFR is compared with the predicted PEFR of the subjects which is matched to the same sex, age, body size and ethnic group.…”

A study of peak expiratory flow rate in normal healthy children of Punjab

“…[9,10,11,12] Materials and methods Two hundred fifty normal healthy children (125 male and 125 female) of age group 5-17 years were selected from various schools of Patiala. Ethical approval was taken from institutes ethical committee and informed consent was taken from subjects.…”