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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Feb 25.
Published in final edited form as: Inhal Toxicol. 2007 Nov;19(14):1147–1154. doi: 10.1080/08958370701665475

Table 4.

Comparison of mean (SD) ozone-induced percentage decrements in spirometric parameters by standard body mass index categories for men and women*




Δ (%)
Underweight
BMI < 18.5
(n = 5)
0M/5F
Normal Weight
BMI = 18.5-24.9
(n = 135)
80M/55F
Overweight/Obese
BMI ≥ 25
(n = 57)
42M/15F

Trend
p-value
FEV1
All
Males
Females

−8.5 (5.6)

−8.5 (5.6)

−15.5 (11.2)
−15.2 (11.6)
−15.9 (10.8)

−18.2 (10.2)
−17.2 (10.0)
−21.0 (10.8)

0.028
0.171
0.012
FVC
All
Males
Females

−6.9 (4.5)

−6.9 (4.5)

−10.6 (8.9)
−10.0 (8.9)
−11.5 (9.0)

−12.8 (8.2)
−11.4 (7.6)
−16.7 (8.6)

0.073
0.184
0.017
FEF25-75
All
Males
Females

−9.2 (8.5)

−9.2 (8.5)

−24.6 (17.0)
−24.5 (18.1)
−24.7 (15.5)

−27.4 (15.6)
−26.4 (15.4)
−30.1 (16.5)

0.009
0.276
0.005
FEV1/FVC
All
Males
Females

−1.5 (3.3)

−1.5 (3.3)

−5.7 (6.0)
−6.0 (6.2)
−5.2 (5.9)

−6.3 (6.3)
−6.6 (6.7)
−5.5 (5.2)

0.046
0.313
0.090
FEF25-75/FVC
All
Males
Females

−2.5 (7.2)

−2.5 (7.2)

−16.3 (14.6)
−16.7 (15.5)
−15.6 (13.4)

−17.0 (15.4)
−17.1 (15.7)
−16.7 (15.0)

0.018
0.460
0.022
*

Centers for Disease Control and World Health Organization categories for BMI. For normal weight, FEF25-75 and FEF25-75/FVC, n = 133 with 79M/54F