Reference Values of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test Parameters in the Contemporary Paediatric Population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The evaluation of health status by cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) has shown increasing interest in the paediatric population. Our group recently established reference Z-score values for paediatric cycle ergometer VO_2max, applicable to normal and extreme weights, from a cohort of 1141 healthy children. There are currently no validated reference values for the other CPET parameters in the paediatric population. This study aimed to establish, from the same cohort, reference Z-score values for the main paediatric cycle ergometer CPET parameters, apart from VO_2max.

Results

In this cross-sectional study, 909 healthy children aged 5-18 years old underwent a CPET. Linear, quadratic, and polynomial mathematical regression equations were applied

SUBMITTER: Amedro P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10393918 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature