Many Black men with ‘normal’ lung function may actually have emphysema

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Many Black men with ‘normal’ lung function may actually have emphysema

A significant percentage of Black men found to have normal lung function after race-based adjustments to spirometry were actually found to have emphysema on their computed tomography (CT) scans, according to research published at the ATS 2022 international conference.

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