FEV1/FVC Ratio (Tiffeneau Index): Males, Age 80+
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What these numbers mean
A value around 0.746 is typical (50th percentile) for men in this age group. The middle 50% of the reference population fall between about 0.684 and 0.806; 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.
Data source: Quanjer et al. (GLI-2012) 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 80+
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This percentile chart shows how common a value is, not whether it is healthy.