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Implications of Race Adjustment in Lung-Function Equations.

The New England journal of medicine·June 13, 2024·PMID 38767252

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Adopting race-neutral equations could substantially alter clinical disease classifications, occupational eligibility, and disability compensation for millions, with divergent effects by race, while maintaining similar prognostic accuracy.

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