Table 5.

Association of various demographic and treatment characteristics with spirometry

Demographic characteristics	Spirometry inference		Total	P
	Normal (n=46)	Abnormal (n=39)
Age
Mean±SD	51.72±14.99	58.59±12.16	54.87±14.11	0.024§
Female	22	20	42	0.751†
Male	24 (52.17%)	19	43
BMI
Mean±SD	26.79±5.59	24.95±5.9	25.95±5.77	0.143§
Patients with comorbidities	23	25	48	0.191†
Patients without comorbidities	23	14	37
Steroid therapy	21	35	56	<0.0001*
Antiviral therapy	2	3	5	0.692*
Oxygen therapy	19	35	54	<0.0001*
Ventilator support	0	3	3	0.148*
Median	7.5	15	12	<0.0001¶

^†Chi-square test, ^§Independent t-test, *Fisher's exact test, ^¶Mann Whitney test. BMI - Body mass index. SD-standard deviation