Lina Mahmood

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Key takeaways: African American and Latino pediatric patients had lower FEV1 and FVC z scores after race-neutral equation use. African American patients also had poorer asthma severity following equation use. SAN DIEGO — Following use of race-neutral lung function equations, African American and Latino pediatric patients with asthma had reductions in FEV1 and FVC while white patients with asthma had increases, according to a presentation here.