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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 13.
Published in final edited form as: Respir Care. 2008 Apr;53(4):433–441.

Table 3.

Characteristics of participants in clinical reproducibility and validation study

N (%) 24 (100)

Female gender (%) 12 (50)

Age (years), mean ± SD 36.5 ± 13.1

Race/ethnicity
 White (%) 3 (13)
 African American (%) 6 (26)
 Hispanic (%) 9 (39)
 Asian/Other (%) 6 (25)

Smoking status
 Never (%) 17 (71)
 Former or current (%) 7 (29)

Height (cm), mean ± SD 166.3 ± 9.5

Weight (kg), mean ± SD 72.3 ± 13.0

FVC* (L), mean ± SD 3.90 ± 1.12

FEV1 (L), mean ± SD 3.11 ± 1.03

FEV1/FVC, mean ± SD 0.79 ± 0.07

FEV6 (L), mean ± SD 3.81 ± 1.13

FEF25–75§ (L), mean ± SD 3.28 ± 1.45

PEF (L/sec), mean ± SD 8.30 ± 2.55
*

FVC = forced vital capacity

FEV1 = forced expiratory volume in one second

FEV6 = forced expiratory volume in six seconds

§

FEF25–75 = forced expiratory flow between 25% and 75% of vital capacity

PEF = peak expiratory flow rate