FVC (Forced Vital Capacity): Females, Age 70-79

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A value around 2.52 L is typical (50th percentile) for women in this age group. The middle 50% of the reference population fall between about 2.22 L and 2.83 L; values below or above that central range sit in the lower or upper half of the distribution.

Also see: 60-69 · 80+ · 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

FVC (Forced Vital Capacity) Respiratory Females 70-79

FVC (Forced Vital Capacity) Percentile Chart (L)

Very low 1.80 L
Low 2.22 L
Average 2.52 L
High 2.83 L
Very high 3.28 L
FVC (Forced Vital Capacity) percentile distribution chart for Females, age 70-79 5th 5th: 1.80 L (Very low) 1.80 Very low 25th 25th: 2.22 L (Low) 2.22 Low 50th 50th: 2.52 L (Average) 2.52 Average 75th 75th: 2.83 L (High) 2.83 High 95th 95th: 3.28 L (Very high) 3.28 Very high 0 1 2 3 4 5 L FVC (Forced Vital Capacity) percentile distribution chart for Females, age 70-79 5th 5th: 1.80 L (Very low) 1.80 Very low 25th 25th: 2.22 L (Low) 2.22 Low 50th 50th: 2.52 L (Average) 2.52 Average 75th 75th: 2.83 L (High) 2.83 High 95th 95th: 3.28 L (Very high) 3.28 Very high 0 1 2 3 4 5 L

This percentile chart shows how common a value is, not whether it is healthy.

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