Exhaled Breath Condensate pH in Adult Croatian Population Without Respiratory Disorders: How Healthy a Population Should Be to Provide Normative Data?

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Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology, Vol. 60 No. 1, 2009.

Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.2478/10004-1254-60-2009-1897

Exhaled Breath Condensate pH in Adult Croatian Population Without Respiratory Disorders: How Healthy a Population Should Be to Provide Normative Data?

Veda M. Varnai ; Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Anita Ljubičić Ćalušić ; Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Ljerka Prester ; Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Jelena Macan ; Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia

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APA 6th Edition

Varnai, V.M., Ljubičić Ćalušić, A., Prester, Lj. & Macan, J. (2009). Exhaled Breath Condensate pH in Adult Croatian Population Without Respiratory Disorders: How Healthy a Population Should Be to Provide Normative Data?. Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju, 60 (1), 87-97. https://doi.org/10.2478/10004-1254-60-2009-1897

MLA 8th Edition

Varnai, Veda M., et al. "Exhaled Breath Condensate pH in Adult Croatian Population Without Respiratory Disorders: How Healthy a Population Should Be to Provide Normative Data?." Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju, vol. 60, no. 1, 2009, pp. 87-97. https://doi.org/10.2478/10004-1254-60-2009-1897. Accessed 21 May 2024.

Chicago 17th Edition

Varnai, Veda M., Anita Ljubičić Ćalušić, Ljerka Prester and Jelena Macan. "Exhaled Breath Condensate pH in Adult Croatian Population Without Respiratory Disorders: How Healthy a Population Should Be to Provide Normative Data?." Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju 60, no. 1 (2009): 87-97. https://doi.org/10.2478/10004-1254-60-2009-1897

Harvard

Varnai, V.M., et al. (2009). 'Exhaled Breath Condensate pH in Adult Croatian Population Without Respiratory Disorders: How Healthy a Population Should Be to Provide Normative Data?', Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju, 60(1), pp. 87-97. https://doi.org/10.2478/10004-1254-60-2009-1897

Vancouver

Varnai VM, Ljubičić Ćalušić A, Prester Lj, Macan J. Exhaled Breath Condensate pH in Adult Croatian Population Without Respiratory Disorders: How Healthy a Population Should Be to Provide Normative Data?. Arh Hig Rada Toksikol. [Internet]. 2009 [cited 2024 May 21];60(1):87-97. https://doi.org/10.2478/10004-1254-60-2009-1897

IEEE

V.M. Varnai, A. Ljubičić Ćalušić, Lj. Prester and J. Macan, "Exhaled Breath Condensate pH in Adult Croatian Population Without Respiratory Disorders: How Healthy a Population Should Be to Provide Normative Data?", Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju, vol.60, no. 1, pp. 87-97, 2009. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.2478/10004-1254-60-2009-1897

Abstract

The aim of this study was to obtain preliminary exhaled breath condensate (EBC) pH values for healthy adult Croatian subjects, and to evaluate criteria for defi ning respiratory health of population providing normal EBC pH values in epidemiologic studies. In 109 adults without a history of lower airway symptoms (AS), four groups were described by narrowing the defi nition of “health” down to 1) without lower AS; 2) without lower and upper AS; 3) without AS, with normal FEV1 and bronchial normoreactivity; 4) without AS, with normal FEV1, bronchial normoreactivity, normal total IgE, and with negative skin prick test. Median EBC pH values did not differ between the groups (7.72, 7.73, 7.73, 7.73), but as health criteria got stricter, we observed a slight, nonsignifi cant increase in minimal pH values (6.95, 7.10, 7.20, 7.37). Median EBC pH values with interquartile range in the total sample (7.72; 7.63 to 7.76) were within the range previously reported by other authors. They did not differ regarding sex, smoking habit and atopic status, and were not associated with age, FEV1 or total IgE. The non-signifi cant trend in EBC pH observed with stricter criteria of respiratory health and atopic status indicates the need for further research on criteria for defi ning healthy population in a larger sample.

Keywords

atopy; bronchial reactivity; EBC pH; health criteria; sex; skin prick test; smoking

Hrčak ID:

34867

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/34867

Publication date:

27.3.2009.

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