Table 3.

Comparative assessment of mean ventilatory function indices of symptomatic^a and asymptomatic^b HIV positive subjects

Ventilatory	Symptomatic	Asymptomatic	T Score	Pvalue	Symptomatic	Asymptomatic	T Score	Pvalue
function	HIV positive	HIV positive			HIV positive	HIV positive
parameter	male subjects	male subjects			females	females
	N=28	N=21			N=38	N=13
	mean± SD	mean± SD			mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
FVC(l)	3.34 ± 0.71	3.27 ± 0.75	0.389	0.714	2.40 ± 0.46	2.66 ± 0.38	−1.825	0.074
FEV1(l)	2.87 ± 0.66	2.97± 0.72	−0.506	0.615	2.19 ± 0.41	2.34 ± 0.33	−1.224	0.227
FEV1/FVC	85.6 ± 7.4	90.2 ± 5.6	−2.401	0.020*	91.3 ± 5.2	88.3 ± 4.5	1.833	0.073
FEF25%–75% (l.s−1)	3.32 ± 1.12	3.87 ± 1.03	−1.729	0.090	2.87± 0.78	2.96 ± 0.75	−0.357	0.722

^*statistically significant

^aAt least one respiratory symptom present

^bNo respiratory symptom present