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Table 2. Pulmonary function variables preoperatively and on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th postoperative days for kidney donors (mean±SD).

	PRE	1^st PO	2^nd PO	3^rd PO	5^th PO
FVC/ (L)	3.57±0.81	2.64±0.74^*	2.90±0.76	3.11±0.81	3.24±0.80
% pred	103.19±12.62	76.33±15.93^*	83.72±4.43	89.71±14.04	93.76±15.57
FEV₁(L)	2.96±0.83	2.04±0.6^*	2.27±0.63	2.48±0.69	2.60±0.68^*
% pred	99.32±12.97	69.76±15.82^*	76.25±17.67	84.91±15.23	89.17±4.84^*
FEV₁/FVC (%)	81.47±7.47	77.17±9.29^*	78.59±9.39	80.02±8.96	80.68±7.82
% pred	100.03±9.53	94.68±11.72^*	95.47±14.89	98.37±11.21	98.92±9.94

PRE=preoperative day; PO=postoperative day; FVC=forced vital capacity; L=liters; FEV1=forced expiratory volume in one second; pred=predicted. *P<0.05 comparison with PRE.