FVC (Forced Vital Capacity): Males, Age 20-29

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What these numbers mean

A value around 5.40 L is typical (50th percentile) for men in this age group. The middle 50% of the reference population fall between about 4.98 L and 5.83 L; values below or above that central range sit in the lower or upper half of the distribution.

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

FVC (Forced Vital Capacity) Respiratory Males 20-29

FVC (Forced Vital Capacity) Percentile Chart (L)

Very low 4.37 L
Low 4.98 L
Average 5.40 L
High 5.83 L
Very high 6.44 L
FVC (Forced Vital Capacity) percentile distribution chart for Males, age 20-29 5th 5th: 4.37 L (Very low) 4.37 Very low 25th 25th: 4.98 L (Low) 4.98 Low 50th 50th: 5.40 L (Average) 5.40 Average 75th 75th: 5.83 L (High) 5.83 High 95th 95th: 6.44 L (Very high) 6.44 Very high 0 1.4 2.8 4.2 5.6 7 L FVC (Forced Vital Capacity) percentile distribution chart for Males, age 20-29 5th 5th: 4.37 L (Very low) 4.37 Very low 25th 25th: 4.98 L (Low) 4.98 Low 50th 50th: 5.40 L (Average) 5.40 Average 75th 75th: 5.83 L (High) 5.83 High 95th 95th: 6.44 L (Very high) 6.44 Very high 0 1.4 2.8 4.2 5.6 7 L

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

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