Table 1.
Patients characteristics – mean values (SD) in patients with asthma and healthy controls.
| Parameters | Asthma |
Control group |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| n = 83 | n = 30 | ||
| Age (years) | 45.40 (12.73) | 47.07 (13.01) | ns |
| Height (cm) | 169.1 (8.98) | 172.67 (9.21) | ns |
| Weight (kg) | 77.52 (17.97) | 81.63 (16.27) | ns |
| Sex (F/M) | 49/34 | 12/18 | ns |
| BMI | 27.01 (5.52) | 27.31 (5.06) | ns |
| BSA (m2) | 1.88 (0.32) | 1.97 (0.25) | ns |
| FEV1 (Litres) | 2.53 (1.02) | 3.68 (1.06) | <0.0001 |
| FEV1 (% predicted) | 81.31 (23.64) | 108.35 (12.64) | <0.0001 |
| FEV1/FVC% | 64.94 (12.00) | 77.57 (5.80) | <0.0001 |
| FVC (Litres) | 3.91 (1.25) | 4.74 (1.31) | 0.0027 |
| FVC (% predicted) | 107.2 (24.68) | 115.9 (12.48) | ns |
| FEF75 | 3.97 (2.06) | 6.70 (2.14) | <0.0001 |
| FEF50 | 2.08 (1.51) | 4.02 (1.66) | <0.0001 |
| ROCC | 0.66 (0.32) | 0.48 (0.18) | 0.0038 |
BMI, body mass index; BSA, body surface area; FEF25–75, mid forced expiratory flow at 50–75% of the forced vital capacity; FEV1, forced expiratory volume in 1 s; FVC, forced vital capacity; ns, not significant; Rocc, respiratory resistance; SD, standard deviation.