ERS & Polgar Spirometry Normal Values

These ERS/ECCS 1993 regressions published by the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and are also identified by the ATS/ERS Task Force:2005 ‘Standardization of Lung Function Testing’ for Europeans. They are used all over Europe and elsewhere. The tables below are for mean normal value (Predicted) and the Lower Limit of Normality (LLN).

Select your preferred regression set from the links below to view the table.

References

Quanjer PH, Tammeling GJ, Cotes JE, Pedersen OF, Peslin R, Yernault JC. Lung volumes and forced ventilatory flows. Report Working Party Standardization of Lung Function Tests, European Community for Steel and Coal. Official Statement of the European Respiratory Society. Eur Respir J 1993;6: Suppl. 16 S5–S40.

American Thoracic Society. Lung function testing: selection of reference values and interpretative strategies. Am Rev Respir Dis 1991;144:1202–1218.

Quanjer PhH, Tammeling GJ, Cotes JE, Pedersen OF, Peslin R, Yernault JC. Lung volumes and forced ventilatory flows. Eur Respir J 1993; 6 suppl. 16: 5-40. Erratum Eur Respir J 1995; 8: 1629.

Quanjer PH. Standardized lung function testing. Bull Eur Physiopathol Respir 1983;19: Suppl. 5 1–95.