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. 2020 Oct 29;17(21):7939. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17217939

Table 3.

Mean values of age, anthropometric and lung function values, hired Latinx child farmworkers in North Carolina (n = 140).

Parameters Total Girls
(n = 49)
Boys
(n = 91)
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.