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Males, 15-19 FEV1/FVC Ratio (Tiffeneau Index): Males, Age 15-19 Page updated: 2026-08-11 | Evidence reviewed: 2026-08-11 | What this means
What these numbers mean
A value around 0.864 is typical (50th percentile) for males in this age group.
The middle 50% of the reference population fall between about 0.819 and 0.906 ; values below or above that central range sit in the lower or upper half of the distribution. Position in the distribution does not, on its own, indicate better or worse health for this metric.
Also see: 10-14 · 20-29 · All ages
Data source: Quanjer et al. (GLI-2012) (2012) · n=74.2K About this study
Reference population: 74,187 healthy lifelong nonsmokers aged 3-95 years in four fitted groups; 57,395 were in the source-labelled Caucasian group
FEV1/FVC Ratio (Tiffeneau Index) Respiratory Males 15-19
FEV1 FVC ratio Tiffeneau Tiffeneau-Pinelli index spirometry obstructive lung disease COPD asthma airflow obstruction pulmonary function norms normative data normative values reference values percentiles benchmarks reference ranges standards FEV1/FVC Ratio (Tiffeneau Index) Percentile Chart FEV1/FVC Ratio (Tiffeneau Index) percentile distribution chart for Males, age 15-19 5th 5th: 0.747 ratio 0.747 25th 25th: 0.819 ratio 0.819 50th 50th: 0.864 ratio 0.864 75th 75th: 0.906 ratio 0.906 95th 95th: 0.961 ratio 0.961 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 ratio FEV1/FVC Ratio (Tiffeneau Index) percentile distribution chart for Males, age 15-19 5th 5th: 0.747 ratio 0.747 25th 25th: 0.819 ratio 0.819 50th 50th: 0.864 ratio 0.864 75th 75th: 0.906 ratio 0.906 95th 95th: 0.961 ratio 0.961 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 ratio
This percentile chart shows how common a value is, not whether it is healthy.
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