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Our study results indicate that a 12 percent and 200 mL between-visit variation in FEV1 has poor sensitivity but good specificity for diagnosing asthma. Poor sensitivity suggests that only a small proportion of patients with asthma will be successfully diagnosed using this test.

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This page is a summary of: Between-Visit Variability in FEV1 as a Diagnostic Test for Asthma in Adults, Annals of the American Thoracic Society, September 2018, American Thoracic Society,
DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.201803-211oc.
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