Table 3.

Extrapolated Changes in Outcomes Calculated from Race-Based and Race-Neutral Lung-Function Equations, According to Persons Affected and Disability Payments in the United States.^*

Outcome			Net Change				Total Change
	Overall	Asian or Other	Black	Hispanic	White	Overall	Newly Classified	No Longer Classified
Persons affected — no., in thousands (95% CI)
Obstructive impairment	2070 (1330 to 2820)	−392 (−608 to −177)	110 (−17 to 237)	349 (231 to 466)	2010 (1360 to 2650)	3200 (2630 to 3860)	2640 (2080 to 3290)	565 (338 to 884)
Nonobstructive impairment	−4700 (−6140 to −3270)	−304 (−498 to −110)	2340 (1930 to 2750)	−1370 (−1800 to −942)	−5370 (−6550 to −4190)	9620 (8570 to 10,800)	2460 (1960 to 3040)	7160 (6130 to 8320)
Moderate-to-severe COPD: GOLD grade ≥2	−749 (−1180 to −316)	6 (−15 to 27)	428 (300 to 556)	−85 (−139 to −32)	−1100 (−1480 to −715)	1660 (1300 to 2070)	453 (324 to 617)	1200 (857 to 1640)
Occupational disqualification from firefighting	−624 (−1200 to −48)	72 (10 to 135)	754 (540 to 969)	−181 (−262 to −100)	−1270 (−1730 to −809)	2280 (1840 to 2780)	826 (601 to 1110)	1450 (1030 to 1980)
Moderate-to-severe impairment: AMA class ≥2	−297 (−725 to 131)	41 (−9 to 92)	638 (478 to 797)	−38 (−59 to −16)	−938 (−1310 to −570)	1580 (1250 to 1960)	646 (481 to 849)	929 (632 to 1320)
Annual VA disability payments — U.S. $, in millions (95% Cl)	806 (−42 to 1,650)	279 (−268 to 825)	1,100 (585 to 1,610)	46 (−99 to 7)	−524 (−917 to −131)	1,940 (1,100 to 2,790)	1,380 (627 to 2,120)	570 (173 to 966)

^*Differences are shown for the total number of affected persons or disability payment dollars when criteria are calculated with the use of race-neutral GLI-Global equations as compared with race-based GLI-2012 equations. Data from NHANES IV were survey-adjusted to be representative of the U.S. population (see the Supplementary Methods section).