Table 4. Lung function tests among study subjects.

Lung function parameters	Controls N = 77)	Pesticide sprayers (N = 166)
PEFR (Lt/min) [Mean ± SD]	440.44±112.45	306.34±108.46**
FEV 1 (Lt) [Mean ± SD]	2.26±0.59	1.76±0.63**
%PEFR predicted [Mean ± SD]	81.09±20.34	60.03±20.74**
%FEV1 predicted [Mean ± SD]	77.95±18.17	64.41±24.73**
FVC (Lt) [Mean ± SD]	2.23±0.74	2.20±0.77
FEV1/FVC [Mean ± SD]	0.84±0.01	0.79±0.01**

^**p<0.01.