Table 4.

Relationship between students’ spirometry test results and measures of mold when these mold measurements were lower in their classrooms than in their homes (Significant differences are bolded.)

FEV1%a	Classroom Group 1	Home Group 1	Difference
Average (n=56)	Average	Average	Average
96.21	16.88	23.32	−6.44
Pearson Correlation	0.18	0.04	0.14
Significance (p-value)	0.2	>0.2	>0.2
FEV1%	Classroom Group 2	Home Group 2	Difference
Average (n=29)	Average	Average	Average
96.07	13.03	15.29	−2.26
Pearson Correlation	0.51	0.31	0.24
Significance (p-value)	0.01	0.1	>0.2
FEV1%	Classroom ERMIb	Home ERMI	Difference
Average (n=85)	Average	Average	Average
98.40	2.65	8.47	−5.81
Pearson Correlation	0.00	−0.08	0.09
Significance (p-value)	>0.2	>0.2	>0.2

^apercentage predicted forced expiratory volume at 1 sec

^bEnvironmental Relative Moldiness Index