Table 2.

—Observed Minus Predicted (NHANES III) Spirometry Values Among Healthy, Never-Smoking Men and Women in the MESA-Lung Study, Stratified by Race/Ethnicity

	White	African-American	Mexican Hispanic	Non-Mexican Hispanic	Asian-American 1×white	Asian-American 0.94×white	Asian-American 0.88×white
Males
No.	118	85	42	51	113	113	113
Diff in FVC (95% CI), mL	−138 (−250, −27)	−224 (−350, −98)	74 (−100, 47)	−215 (−395, −36)	−432 (−523, −341)	−195 (−285, −106)	41 (−47, 129)
Diff in FEV6 (95% CI), mL	−138 (−237, −38)	−230 (−346, −114)	37 (−127, 201)	−238 (−397, −80)	−370 (−454, −285)	−146 (−229, −63)	78 (−4, 159)
Diff in FEV1 (95% CI), mL	−88 (−172, −3)	−177 (−273, −82)	101 (−28, 231)	−164 (−294, −34)	−260 (−335, −186)	−83 (−157, −10)	93 (21, 165)
Females
No.	152	125	74	78	230	230	230
Diff in FVC (95% CI), mL	−112 (−175, −49)	56 (−23, 135)	15 (−81,112)	−222 (−308, −136)	−408 (−459, −357)	−240 (−290, −190)	−72 (−120, −23)
Diff in FEV6 (95% CI), mL	−100 (−158, −43)	58 (−13, 130)	29 (−62,121)	−202 (−284, −120)	−379 (−428, −330)	−218 (−266, −170)	−56 (−103, −10)
Diff in FEV1 (95% CI), mL	−83 (−128, −38)	68 (11, 124)	38 (−41,118)	−154 (−226, −83)	−294 (−335, −252)	−165 (−205, −124)	−36 (−76, 4)

Diff = difference; NHANES = National Health and Nutrition Survey. See Table 1 for expansion of other abbreviations.