Respiratory fit test panel representing population of Malaysia

• Main Authors: Lim, Yin Cheng, Soelar, Shahrul Aiman, Shakor, Ameerah Su'ad Abdul, Mohamad, Nadia, Pahrol, Muhammad Alfatih, Ismail, Rohaida, Danaee, Mahmoud, Shaharudin, Rafiza
• Format: Article
• Published: BMC 2024
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/45471/; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-024-02919-9

BackgroundThe existing respiratory fit test panels (RFTPs) are based on Bivariate and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) which utilise American and Chinese head and facial dimensions. As RFTPs based on local facial anthropometric data for Malaysia are not available, this study was conducted with the...