Applicability of the Old European Respiratory Society/European Community for Steel and Coal reference equations for spirometry interpretation in Tunisian adult population.

Background: Tunisian pulmonary functional laboratories accept the default settings for reference equations (European Respiratory Society/European Community for Steel and Coal (ERS/ECSC1983) offered by the manufacturer even though adult Tunisian reference equations (Tunisian1995) are available.

Objective: To compare the spirometric profile of Tunisian subjects, according to the two reference equations.

Population And Methods: Spirometric data were recorded from 1192 consecutive spirometry procedures in adults aged 18-60 years.

The recent multi-ethnic global lung initiative 2012 (GLI2012) reference values don't reflect contemporary adult's North African spirometry.

Background: The applicability of the recent multi-ethnic reference equations derived by the ERS Global Lung Initiative (ERS/GLI) in interpreting spirometry data in North African adult subjects has not been studied.

Objective: To ascertain how well the recent ERS/GLI reference equations fit contemporary adult Tunisian spirometric data.

Population And Methods: Spirometric data were recorded from 1192 consecutive spirometry procedures in adults aged 18-60 years.