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Table 1. Western scientific evidence about prevalence of CHV
(chronic hyperventilation) in patients with various chronic conditions.
*One row corresponds to one medical study/publication
| Condition | Minute ventilation |
Number of patients |
Prevalence of CHV |
All references or click below for abstracts |
| Normal breathing | 6 l/min | - | 0 % | Medical textbooks |
| Heart disease | 15 (±4) l/min | 22 | 100% | Dimopoulou et al, 2001 |
| Heart disease | 16 (±2) l/min | 11 | 100% | Johnson et al, 2000 |
| Heart disease | 12 (±3) l/min | 132 | 100% | Fanfulla et al, 1998 |
| Heart disease | 15 (±4) l/min | 55 | 100% | Clark et al, 1997 |
| Heart disease | 13 (±4) l/min | 15 | 100% | Banning et al, 1995 |
| Heart disease | 15 (±4) l/min | 88 | 100% | Clark et al, 1995 |
| Heart disease | 14 (±2) l/min | 30 | 100% | Buller et al, 1990 |
| Heart disease | 16 (±6) l/min | 20 | 100% | Elborn et al, 1990 |
| Pulm hypertension | 12 (±2) l/min | 11 | 100% | D'Alonzo et al, 1987 |
| Cancer | 12 (±2) l/min | 40 | 100% | Travers et al, 2008 |
| Diabetes | 12-17 l/min | 26 | 100% | Bottini et al, 2003 |
| Diabetes | 15 (±2) l/min | 45 | 100% | Tantucci et al, 2001 |
| Diabetes | 12 (±2) l/min | 8 | 100% | Mancini et al, 1999 |
| Diabetes | 10-20 l/min | 28 | 100% | Tantucci et al, 1997 |
| Diabetes | 13 (±2) l/min | 20 | 100% | Tantucci et al, 1996 |
| Asthma | 13 (±2) l/min | 16 | 100% | Chalupa et al, 2004 |
| Asthma | 15 l/min | 8 | 100% | Johnson et al, 1995 |
| Asthma | 14 (±6) l/min | 39 | 100% | Bowler et al, 1998 |
| Asthma | 13 (±4) l/min | 17 | 100% | Kassabian et al, 1982 |
| Asthma | 12 l/min | 101 | 100% | McFadden & Lyons, 1968 |
| COPD | 14 (±2) l/min | 12 | 100% | Palange et al, 2001 |
| COPD | 12 (±2) l/min | 10 | 100% | Sinderby et al, 2001 |
| COPD | 14 l/min | 3 | 100% | Stulbarg et al, 2001 |
| Sleep apnoea | 15 (±3) l/min | 20 | 100% | Radwan et al, 2001 |
| Liver cirrhosis | 11-18 l/min | 24 | 100% | Epstein et al, 1998 |
| Hyperthyroidism | 15 (±1) l/min | 42 | 100% | Kahaly, 1998 |
| Cystic fibrosis* | 13 (±2) l/min | 10 | 100% | Bell et al, 1996 |
| Cystic fibrosis | 11-14 l/min | 6 | 100% | Tepper et al, 1983 |
| Epilepsy | 13 l/min | 12 | 100% | Esquivel et al, 1991 |
| CHV | 13 (±2) l/min | 134 | 100% | Han et al, 1997 |
| Panic disorder | 12 (±5) l/min | 12 | 100% | Pain et al, 1991 |
| Bipolar disorder | 11 (±2) l/min | 16 | 100% | MacKinnon et al, 2007 |
| Dystrophia myotonica | 16 (±4) l/min | 12 | 100% | Clague et al, 1994 |
+ many more published studies with the same result: Sick people breathe too much