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Males, 20-29 FEV1/FVC Ratio (Tiffeneau Index): Males, Age 20-29 Page updated: 2026-08-11 | Evidence reviewed: 2026-08-11 | What this means
What these numbers mean
A value around 0.843 is typical (50th percentile) for males in this age group.
The middle 50% of the reference population fall between about 0.798 and 0.884 ; 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: 15-19 · 30-39 · 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 20-29
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 20-29 5th 5th: 0.727 ratio 0.727 25th 25th: 0.798 ratio 0.798 50th 50th: 0.843 ratio 0.843 75th 75th: 0.884 ratio 0.884 95th 95th: 0.938 ratio 0.938 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 ratio FEV1/FVC Ratio (Tiffeneau Index) percentile distribution chart for Males, age 20-29 5th 5th: 0.727 ratio 0.727 25th 25th: 0.798 ratio 0.798 50th 50th: 0.843 ratio 0.843 75th 75th: 0.884 ratio 0.884 95th 95th: 0.938 ratio 0.938 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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