Table 3. Parameters of IOS and Spirometry in Stage I and Stage II.
Stage I (n = 7) | Stage II (n = 7) | P Value | |
R5 (kPa/l/s) | 0.32(0.36-0.28) | 0.47(0.60-0.36) | 0.04* |
X5 (kPa/l/s) |
–0.13(–0.10) – (–0.16) |
–0.13(–0.11) – (–0.29) |
0.94 |
R20 (kPa/l/s) | 0.25(0.28-0.20) | 0.30(0.40-0.25) | 0.04* |
Ax (kPa/l) | 0.67(0.84-0.22) | 0.66(2.50-0.41) | 0.70 |
Fres (Hz) |
17.27 (19.49-16.10) |
17.41(24.04-16.39) | 0.43 |
Z5 (kPa/l/s) | 0.35(0.38-0.32) | 0.49(0.66-0.38) | 0.07 |
FEV1% pred | 95(100.5-76.30) | 76.8(88.7-38.7) | 0.10 |
FVC% pred | 99.9(107.9-78.5) | 80.8(98.6-59.8) | 0.26 |
FEV1/FVC | 76.08 (76.97-74.83) |
70.99(78.79-45.09) | 0.38 |
PEF% pred |
55.20 (85.40-37.60) |
41.20967.40-16.20) | 0.34 |
Source: The authors.
Note: Data has been represented as median (inter quartile range). Level of significance is denoted by asterisk (*) at 5%.