<p>Claims that Black people had lower lung capacity than White people led to race-adjusted spirometry and poorer care for Black patients with lung disease. New equations are starting to change that.</p>
<p>A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2405796.</p>

Claims that Black people had lower lung capacity than White people led to race-adjusted spirometry and poorer care for Black patients with lung disease. New equations are starting to change that. A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2405796.

Race-Based Diagnosis, Part 1

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