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Table 1 Baseline respiratory parameters of patients with mild asthma included in the study.

From: Assessment of airway hyperreactivity: comparison of forced spirometry and body plethysmography for methacholine challenge tests

 

FEV1

(L/s)

FEV1%

FVC (%)

Reff

(kPa/L · s)

sReff

(kPa · s)

Rtot

(kPa/L · s)

sRtot

(kPa · s)

sGeff

(1/kPa · s)

sGtot

(1/kPa · s)

Males, n = 82

MW

3.51

82.2

0.19

0.77

0.22

0.87

1.53

1.29

SD

± 0.91

± 7.60

± 0.07

± 0.36

± 0.07

± 0.34

± 0.62

± 0.41

Med

3.47

83.2

0.19

0.71

0.22

0.80

1.41

1.26

Females, n = 73

MW

2.45

85.0

0.26

0.84

0.29

0.92

1.40

1.19

SD

± 0.62

± 7.06

± 0.10

± 0.31

± 0.09

± 0.28

± 0.63

± 0.47

Med

2.36

85.40

0.26

0.79

0.28

0.90

1.12

1.11