Table 3.
Parameters | Total | Girls (n = 49) |
Boys (n = 91) |
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M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | p | |
Anthropometric | |||||||
Age | 15.68 | 1.88 | 15.76 | 1.97 | 15.64 | 1.84 | 0.73 |
BMI (z-scores) | 0.97 | 1.13 | 0.95 | 1.04 | 0.99 | 1.19 | 0.84 |
Height (cm) | 163.28 | 8.7 | 156.18 | 6.94 | 167.10 | 7.00 | <0.0001 |
Weight (kg) | 69.85 | 19.05 | 64.46 | 18.53 | 72.75 | 18.78 | 0.01 |
Lung Function Values (L) | |||||||
FVC | |||||||
Observed | 4.22 | 0.95 | 3.37 | 0.54 | 4.68 | 0.79 | <0.0001 |
Predicted | 4.04 | 0.65 | 3.41 | 0.35 | 4.38 | 0.50 | <0.0001 |
Percentage Predicted | 1.05 | 0.17 | 1.00 | 0.11 | 1.07 | 0.18 | <0.01 |
FEV1 | |||||||
Observed | 3.60 | 0.74 | 2.96 | 0.41 | 3.94 | 0.64 | <0.0001 |
Predicted | 3.53 | 0.53 | 3.03 | 0.30 | 3.81 | 0.42 | <0.0001 |
Percentage Predicted | 1.02 | 0.15 | 0.99 | 0.11 | 1.04 | 0.16 | 0.01 |
FEV1/FVC | |||||||
Observed | 0.86 | 0.07 | 0.88 | 0.07 | 0.85 | 0.07 | <0.01 |
Predicted | 0.87 | 0.01 | 0.89 | 0.01 | 0.87 | 0.01 | <0.0001 |
Percentage Predicted | 0.98 | 0.08 | 1.00 | 0.08 | 0.98 | 0.08 | 0.22 |
Notes: Liters (L); FVC (Forced Vital Capacity); FEV1 (Force Expiratory Volume in first second); FEV1/FVC ratio.