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Table 1 FeNO reference values in healthy children and adolescents

From: Clinical application of exhaled nitric oxide measurement in pediatric lung diseases

Author [reference]

N

Subjects

Normal values*

Analyzer

Dötsch 1996[24]

37

Caucasian, 4-18 years

3.1 ppb

CLD 700; Eco Physics, Dürnten, Switzerland

Baraldi 1999[18]

159

Caucasian, 6–15 years

8.7 ppb

CLD 700, Al-Med, Ecophysics, Durnten, Switzerland

Silvestri 1999[25]

22

Caucasian, 11-12 years

4.0 ppb

LR 2000, Logan System, Rochester, Kent, UK

Franklin 1999[26]

157

Caucasian, 7-13 years

7.4 ppb

NOA 280, Seivers Instruments Inc., Boulder, CO

Latzin 2002[27]

107

Caucasian, 4-18 years

9.2 ppb

LR 2000, Logan Research, Rochester, UK

Jouaville 2003[28]

96

Caucasian, 9-10 years

13.3 ppb

Sievers Instruments, Boulder, CO, USA, kit bag collection

Buchvald 2005[19]

405

Caucasian, Hispanic, Asian, Black, 4–17 years

9.7 ppb

NIOX, Aerocrine AB, Stockholm, Sweden

Wong 2005[21]

291

Chinese, 11-18 years

19.9 ppb

NIOX, Aerocrine AB, Stockholm, Sweden

  

Caucasian, 11-18 years

12.7 ppb

 

Malmberg 2006[22]

114

Caucasian, 7.2-15.7 years

Mean values not reported; range 7-14 ppb

NIOX, Aerocrine AB, Stockholm, Sweden

Kovesi 2008[20]

657

White, Black, Asian, 9.1-12.9 years

12.7 ppb

CLD 88sp, Eco Medics AG; Durnten, Switzerland

Yao 2012[23]

693

Asiatic, 5-18 years

13.7 ppb

CLD 88sp, Eco Medics AG; Durnten, Switzerland

  1. *Expressed as mean values.