PEDIATRICS Vol. 12 No. 4 October 1953, pp. 341-352
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MAXIMUM BREATHING CAPACITY AND VITAL CAPACITY IN FEMALE CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

B. G. FERRIS JR. M.D.1 and C. W. SMITH M.D.2

1 The Department of Physiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston.
2 The Department of Medicine, Children's Medical Center, Boston.

Expected mean values and a range of normal values (plus or minus twice the standard deviation) are presented for the vital capacity and the maximum breathing capacity of female children and adolescents.

Although multiple correlation does not demonstrate a particularly higher degree of predictability it is recommended that the above values be based upon the four attributes (age, height, weight, and body surface area) rather than upon a single attribute. This is especially important in the abnormally shaped individual.

Submitted on May 3, 1953