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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Asthma. 2011 Aug 8;48(7):707–713. doi: 10.3109/02770903.2011.601778

Table 4.

Association between sleep apnea and measures of lung function and asthma severity among obese individuals (BMI >= 30).

Sleep apnea No (N = 109) Yes (N = 15) P-value
FEV1 % predicted 77.7 (16.4) 79.7 (19.7) 0.65
FVC % predicted 84.9 (15.7) 87.9 (16.3) 0.28
FEV1/FVC 91.6 (10.0) 90.2 (11.6) 0.70
JAC 2.30 (0.75) 2.73 (1.07) 0.08
ASUI 0.69 (0.20) 0.61 (0.19) 0.11
Witnessed apneas No (N = 99) Yes (N = 26) P-value
FEV1 % predicted 77.1 (17.8) 81.1 (12.7) 0.17
FVC % predicted 85.2 (16.7) 85.7 (11.8) 0.79
FEV1/FVC 90.6 (10.4) 94.8 (8.7) 0.04
JAC 2.25 (0.73) 2.79 (0.93) < 0.01
ASUI 0.71 (0.18) 0.57 (0.22) < 0.01

Values shown are mean (standard deviation).