TABLE 1

Characteristics of included studies that developed reference equations for oscillometric parameters of interest

StudyStudy countryStudy populationOscillometry device(s)Signal typeFrequencies considered (Hz)Reference parametersSmoker inclusion
Shiota et al. [22]JapanNon-CaucasianMasterScreen IOSRecurrent impulses5, 20R5, R20, X5Never-smokers, active smokers, ex-smokers
Newbury et al. [20]AustraliaCaucasianMasterScreen IOSRecurrent impulses5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 35Z5, Rrs, XrsNever-smokers, ex-smokers
Brown et al. [18]AustraliaCaucasianCustom-madePseudorandom6, 11, 19Rrs, XrsNever-smokers, ex-smokers
Aarli et al. [24]NorwayCaucasianMasterScreen IOSRecurrent impulses5, 20R5, R20, X5, Fres, AXNever-smokers, ex-smokers
Schulz et al. [23]GermanyCaucasianMasterScreen IOSRecurrent impulses5, 20Z5, R5, R20, R5–20, X5, Fres, AXNever-smokers only
Oostveen et al. [16]Belgium, the Netherlands, Hungary, AustraliaCaucasianCustom-made (C1, C3), ROS Oscilink (C2), Quark i2m (C4), MasterScreen IOS (C5)Pseudorandom (C1–C4), recurrent impulses (C5)4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26Rrs, Rm, Xrs, Fres, AXNever-smokers, ex-smokers
Ribeiro et al. [21]BrazilCaucasian,
Non-Caucasian
Custom-madePseudorandom4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22Zrs, Rrs, Rm, R0, Xrs, Fres, XmNever-smokers only
De et al. [19]IndiaNon-CaucasianResmon ProPseudorandom, relative primes5, 19R5, R19, R5–19, X5Never-smokers only
Moitra et al. [15]IndiaNon-CaucasianMasterScreen IOSRecurrent impulses5, 20Z5, R5, R20, R5–20, X5, Fres, AXNever-smokers only
Berger et al. [17]USACaucasianMasterScreen IOSRecurrent impulses5, 10, 15, 20R5, R10, R15, R20, R5–15, R5–20, X5, X10, Fres, AXNever-smokers only

IOS: impulse oscillometry; R5: resistance at 5 Hz; R20: resistance at 20 Hz; X5: reactance at 5 Hz; Z5: impedance at 5 Hz; Rrs: respiratory resistance; Xrs: respiratory reactance; Fres: resonant frequency; AX: reactance area; Rm: mean respiratory resistance; R0: resistance at 0 Hz; R19: resistance at 19 Hz.