Functional exercise capacity and health-related quality of life in people with asbestos related pleural disease: an observational study

Table 1 Demographic data, pulmonary function and smoking history

n = number; SD = standard deviation; yr = year; cm = centimetre; kg = kilogram; BMI = body mass index; m = metre; FVC = forced vital capacity; % pred = percentage of predicted value; FEV ₁ = forced expiratory volume in one second; TLC = total lung capacity; FRC = functional residual capacity; RV = residual volume; D _L CO = diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide; KCO = carbon monoxide transfer coefficient.

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