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. 2011 May 1;258(11):2020–2025. doi: 10.1007/s00415-011-6060-7

Table 2.

Results of respiratory function assessment

No. BMI PE-Max PI-Max IVC TLC FEV1 FEV1/IVC PEF FIV1 TLCO KCO
1 24.7 9.4 (101) 8.0 (109) 3.8 (100) 4.7 (91) 3.3 (101) 87 9.0 (125) 3.3 (94) 8.9 (94) 2.0 (109)
2 34.7 11.6 (118) 8.3 (104) 4.7 (121) 6.2 (108) 3.7 (115) 80 8.0 (110) 4.5 (128) 8.2 (86) 1.4 (87)
3 16.8 4.0 (45) 5.1 (74) 2.1 (61) 4.3 (89) 2.0 (68) 95 5.2 (76) 2.0 (60) 6.9 (77) 1.8 (94)
4 23.5 9.5 (95) 6.6 (79) 3.8 (90) 5.1 (83) 3.3 (92) 87 8.0 (103) 3.7 (93) 7.0 (68) 1.6 (94)
5 17.9 7.7 (52) 7.2 (67) 4.0 (92) 4.9 (84) 3.1 (87) 78 7.8 (89) 3.8 (94) 7.2 (73) 1.5 (90)
6 34.4 4.3 (46) 5.4 (73) 2.5 (77) 2.1 (79) 85 5.6 (85)
7 30.0 7.3 (74) 5.4 (66) 3.9 (111) 6.9 (116) 2.6 (87) 67 8.3 (121) 3.8 (118) 7.8 (89) 1.3 (86)
8 19.0 2.8 (30) 3.7 (50) 2.9 (84) 4.5 (86) 2.6 (90) 95 6.2 (91) 2.4 (77) 6.5 (74) 1.6 (95)
9 27.8 2.4 (19) 1.7 (20) 4.4 (86) 3.5 (91) 81 6.8 (74)
10 27.3 10.7 (75) 4.4 (44) 4.8 (82) 6.1 (75) 3.7 (81) 77 10.0 (99) 4.3 (81) 10.0 (80) 1.7 (112)
11 18.9 6.9 (51) 10.2 (109) 4.8 (100) 3.8 (103) 81 9.0 (100)
12 21.8 5.1 (52) 5.0 (63) 3.7 (105) 5.3 (94) 2.9 (98) 77 6.8 (100) 3.6 (113) 7.3 (74) 1.5 (97)
13 30.1 10.6 (116) 8.0 (112) 3.2 (109) 4.4 (89) 2.3 (97) 78 7.1 (117) 2.9 (112) 5.6 (73) 1.4 (89)
14 25.9 7.2 (60) 2.7 (35) 3.7 (79) 2.7 (76) 72 5.5 (64)
15 25.3 12.7 (99) 8.2 (97) 5.1 (120) 6.8 (103) 4.5 (135) 87 11.9 (142) 5.0 (130) 9.5 (101) 1.5 (104)
16 24.2 10.1 (86) 5.0 (68) 2.8 (80) 2.3 (84) 80 7.6 (103)
17 23.0 7.7 (80) 8.1 (105) 3.8 (109) 5.3 (95) 2.3 (80) 61 5.6 (83) 3.4 (111) 7.6 (79) 1.5 (97)
18 16.9 8.4 (66) 8.2 (99) 3.5 (72) 2.6 (70) 75 6.2 (70)
19 29.1 16.5 (138) 8.2 (110) 3.7 (92) 6.4 (97) 2.1 (68) 56 5.9 (75) 3.5 (98) 9.4 (107) 1.8 (132)
20 24.4 9.0 (69) 8.0 (91) 3.6 (81) 2.8 (81) 80 8.1 (94)
21 18.0 12.3 (89) 6.4 (67) 5.3 (94) 7.9 (99) 4.1 (94) 78 9.7 (99) 5.1 (98) 8.6 (71) 1.3 (83)
22 21.5 10.7 (111) 8.9 (116) 3.5 (101) 2.6 (90) 74 5.6 (83)
23 27.2 12.7 (95) 6.6 (73) 4.4 (82) 3.6 (87) 82 9.1 (95)
Mean 8.68 6.49 3.82 5.63 2.97 79 7.52 3.66 7.89 1.56
SD 3.49 2.13 0.80 1.11 0.70 9.2 1.73 0.88 1.27 0.20
%pred. 76.8** 79.5** 92.5* 93.6 89.3** 99.5 95.6 100.5 81.9** 97.9

In value (percentage of predicted). Blank fields indicate that the patient was tested at home and as a result the specific test was not performed

BMI body mass index (in kg/m2), PE-Max maximal expiratory mouth pressure (in kPa), PI-Max maximal inspiratory mouth pressure (in kPa), IVC inspiratory vital capacity (in liters), TLC total lung capacity (in liters), FEV1 forced expiratory volume in 1 s (in liters), PEF peak expiratory flow (in liters/s), FIV1 forced inspiratory volume in 1 s (in liters), TLCO diffusion capacity for carbon monoxide (in mmol/min/kPa), KCO diffusion capacity for carbon monoxide corrected for alveolar volume (mmol/min/kPa/liter)

* Paired Wilcoxon p < 0.05

** Paired Wilcoxon p < 0.01