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Employing the Forced Oscillation Technique for the Assessment of Respiratory Mechanics in Adults

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正常スパイロメトリーにおける制限：レトロスペクティブコホート研究

Alexander T Moffett^1,2,3, Aparna Balasubramanian⁴, Meredith C McCormack⁴

¹Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences

|December 25, 2025

要旨

Background:

Though a normal forced vital capacity (FVC) is typically thought to imply the absence of restriction, recent data suggest that restriction may in fact be common among patients with normal spirometry. However, the clinical significance of restriction with normal spirometry is unknown.

Research Question:

What clinical characteristics and outcomes are associated with restriction with normal spirometry?

Study Design And Methods:

We interpreted pulmonary function tests (PFTs) with both static and dynamic lung volume measurements performed between 2012 and 2025 at four pulmonary diagnostic labs. We used multivariable logistic regression to identify clinical characteristics associated with restriction among patients with normal spirometry and used a Cox proportional hazards model to assess the association of restriction with survival, adjusting for age, sex, forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV₁) z-score, FVC z-score, and FEV₁/FVC z-score.

Results:

We interpreted 83,886 PFTs from 47,597 patients (mean age 58.8 years, 59.8% female, 63.6% White). The prevalence of restriction among patients with normal spirometry was 25.7% Restriction with normal spirometry was more likely in older patients (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 1.01 per year, 95% CI 1.01-1.01), in non-White patients (aOR 1.33, 95% CI 1.26-1.41), and in patients with a diagnosis (aOR 3.65, 95% CI 3.43-3.88) or radiographic evidence (aOR 3.02, 95% CI 2.79-3.28) of interstitial lung disease (ILD). Restriction with normal spirometry was less likely among female patients (aOR 0.64, 95% CI 0.60-0.67), and patients with a diagnosis (0.74, 95% CI 0.67-0.82) or radiographic evidence (aOR 0.81, 95% CI 0.73-0.89) of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Restriction with normal spirometry was associated with increased all-cause mortality (adjusted hazard ratio 1.45, 95% CI 1.34-1.57) as compared to normal spirometry without restriction.

Interpretation:

Restriction with normal spirometry is associated with ILD and with decreased survival. Clinically significant ventilatory impairments are common in patients with normal spirometry.

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肺機能検査の解釈制限スパイロメトリー

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