FVC (Forced Vital Capacity): Males, Age 5-9

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A value around 1.75 L is typical (50th percentile) for boys in this age group. The middle 50% of the reference population fall between about 1.60 L and 1.89 L; values below or above that central range sit in the lower or upper half of the distribution.

Also see: 10-14 · 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 5-9

FVC (Forced Vital Capacity) Percentile Chart (L)

Very low 1.39 L
Low 1.60 L
Average 1.75 L
High 1.89 L
Very high 2.10 L
FVC (Forced Vital Capacity) percentile distribution chart for Males, age 5-9 5th 5th: 1.39 L (Very low) 1.39 Very low 25th 25th: 1.60 L (Low) 1.60 Low 50th 50th: 1.75 L (Average) 1.75 Average 75th 75th: 1.89 L (High) 1.89 High 95th 95th: 2.10 L (Very high) 2.10 Very high 0 1.4 2.8 4.2 5.6 7 L FVC (Forced Vital Capacity) percentile distribution chart for Males, age 5-9 5th 5th: 1.39 L (Very low) 1.39 Very low 25th 25th: 1.60 L (Low) 1.60 Low 50th 50th: 1.75 L (Average) 1.75 Average 75th 75th: 1.89 L (High) 1.89 High 95th 95th: 2.10 L (Very high) 2.10 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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