Table 3.

Respiratory function test results of the groups.

Parameters	Patients with fluid overload (n=15)	Patients without fluid overload (n=39)	p
FVC	1.81±0.90	3.17±0.96	<0.001
FVC%	60.00±24.48	89.92±16.83	<0.001
FEV1	1.44±0.33	2.49±0.80	<0.001
FEV1%	50.53±17.31	84.58±18.25	<0.001
FEV1/FVC	0.79±0.08	0.77±0.07	0.672
FEF25–75	1.46±0.48	2.32±0.72	0.014
FEF25–75%	42.35±13.83	61.73±18.53	0.026
PEFR	3.51±1.36	4.99±1.78	0.009
PEFR%	49.42±15.60	68.41±17.38	0.003

FVC – forced vital capacity; FEV1 – forced expiratory volume in the first second; FEF25–75 – mean forced expiratory flow between 25% and 75% of the FVC; PEFR – peak expiratory flow rate.