SAN DIEGO – The elimination of race adjustments in lung-function testing could affect ... impairment alone may shoot up by 141% among Black people while falling 69% among white people, reported ...

Compared with race-specific equations, race-neutral equation identified twice as many Black children with asthma or asthma symptoms. HealthDay News — Using a race-neutral equation identifies ...

Using race-neutral equations, lung function measurements (ppFEV ... In other words, among Black children who weren’t already at the highest treatment step, 18% would have assigned a higher ...

T UESDAY, March 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Using a race-neutral equation identifies more than twice as many Black children with asthma or asthma symptoms as having reduced lung function than race ...