32. VITAL CAPACITY VS STANDING HEIGHT: CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS 



Ventilatory values of Stewart conform to ATPS conditions. All other ventilatory values are corrected to BTPS con- 

 ditions (cf Page 1). Values in parentheses are ranges; in data of Morse they conform to estimate "c" of the 95% 

 range (cf Introduction); in data of Ferris, Shock, and Stewart, they conform to estimate "b," unless otherwise 

 indicated. 



Males 



/I/ The maximal volume of gas expelled from the lungs by forceful effort, following maximal inspiration. Ill Sub- 

 jects seated; Benedict-Roth type spirometer (Collins ventilometer), with soda lime container and valves removed. 

 /3/ All measurements made in recumbent position; Sanborn closed- circuit wet spirometer. /4/ Position not stated; 

 wet spirometer. /5/ From single determination. 



Contributors : (a) Ferris, B. G., Jr., (b) Morrow, P. E., (c) Morse, M., (d) Shock, N. W., (e) Whittenberger, 

 J. L. 



Reference s: [ l] Ferris, B. G., Jr., Whittenberger, J. L., and Gallagher, J. R., Pediatrics, Springf. 9:659, 1952. 

 l2] Ferris, E.G., Jr., and Smith. C. W., ibidj^:341, 1953. [3] Morse, M., Schlutz, F. W., and Cassels. D. E., 

 J. Clin. Invest. 31^:380, 1952. [4] Morse, M., Univ. of Chicago, unpublished. [ 5] Shock, N. W., and Norris, A. H., 

 Gerontology Branch, National Institutes of Health, unpublished. [6] Stewart, C. A., Am. J. Dis. Child. 24:451, 1922. 



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