Table 1.

Population of Men and Women

Variable	Women N = 10	Men N = 4	p-value
Age	31 ± 1	45 ± 2	0.002
Weight (kg)	65 ± 1	87 ± 3	<0.0001
O2 saturation (%)	98.7 ± 0.1	97.6 ± 0.3	0.0006
Respiratory rate (breath/min)	11.7 ± 0.2	12.9 ±0.4	0.008
DLCO (ml/min/mmHg)	24.0 ± 0.4	30.4 ± 0.8	<0.0001
VA (L)	5.5 ± 0.1	6.6 ± 0.1	<0.0001
Dm (ml/min/mmHg)	62 ± 6	58 ± 4	0.6
Vc (ml)	55 ± 3	71 ± 6	0.01
FVC (L)	3.97 ± 0.06	4.58 ± 0.08	<0.0001
FEV1 (L)	3.28 ± 0.05	3.75 ± 0.06	<0.0001
NO (ppb)	14.7 ±1.1	17.0 ± 1.9	0.3
Hgb (gm/dl)	13.5 ± 0.2	15.7 ± 0.3	<0.0001