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. 2023 Apr 6;15(7):2166. doi: 10.3390/cancers15072166

Table 2.

Lung functional volumes expressed in % of the AV and in % of the total activity in the AV for the pmax threshold method. Lung functional volumes expressed in % of the AV and the corresponding pmax threshold for each FV% for the WLF threshold method.

Pmax Threshold Method
Volume (% of the AV)
Median (IQ)
Activity (% of Total Activity in the AV)
Median (IQ)
10%pmax 93.8 (88.2–96.4) 98.9 (97.4–99.4)
20%pmax 78.2 (65.3–85.8) 92.0 (86.5–95.2)
30%pmax 54.2 (40.8–67.7) 75.5 (62.1–84.0)
40%pmax 34.1 (19.6–47.3) 55.3 (34.0–66.9)
50%pmax 18.3 (7.1–28.5) 32.3 (14.0–45.3)
60%pmax 6.6 (2.2–13.3) 14.5 (5.6–24.3)
WLF Threshold Method
Volume (% of the AV)
Median (IQ)
Corresponding %pmax threshold
Median (IQ)
FV10% 5.0 (4.4–5.5) 63.0 (52.8–69.3)
FV20% 10.9 (9.7–11.8) 55.5 (46.0–62.3)
FV30% 17.6 (16.1–18.8) 51.0 (41.0–57.0)
FV40% 24.4 (23.0–26.3) 46.5 (37.0–52.0)
FV50% 32.6 (30.7–34.2) 42.0 (33.8–48.0)
FV60% 41.4 (39.0–43.1) 38.0 (30.8–43.3)
FV70% 51.9 (48.3–53.3) 33.0 (26.5–38.3)
FV80% 62.8 (60.0–64.5) 27.0 (22.8–33.0)
FV90% 76.1 (73.7–78.2) 21.0 (17.0–26.0)