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Table 1 Characteristics of study subjects and group averages of lung function parameters over the survey periods

From: Air pollution and lung function among susceptible adult subjects: a panel study

  

Panel

  

COPD

Asthma

IHD

Variable (unit)

Gender

Obs

Mean

SD

Obs

Mean

SD

Obs

Mean

SD

Age (years)

Male

7

67

11

5

33

15

6

63

11

 

Female

4

65

7

6

48

10

1

64

-

 

Total

11

67

9.1

11

41

14

7

64

10

BMI (kg/m2)

Male

7

27

6

5

25

4

6

26

3

 

Female

4

25

3

6

23

3

1

29

-

 

Total

11

26

5

11

24

3

7

26

3

FVC (% predicted)

Male

108

63

10

38

113

11

139

81

10

 

Female

63

61

9

70

116

12

31

80

4

 

Total

171

63

10

108

115

12

170

81

9

FEV 1 (% predicted)

Male

108

45

10

38

94

13

139

84

10

 

Female

63

47

10

70

96

18

31

84

5

 

Total

171

45

10

108

95

16

170

84

10

NO in exhaled breath (ppb)

Male

   

37

66

40

   
 

Female

   

70

42

27

   
 

Total

   

107

50

34

   
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