BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Table 1 **Spirometry* characterization groups according to sex and age**

From: The relationship between physical functional capacity and lung function in obese children and adolescents

	Obese		Eutrophic
	Male	Female	Male	Female
N	20	18	18	21
FVC	104.50	107.50	99.50	97
FEV₁	95	101	103.50	106
FEV₁/FVC	86.50	92	97	99
FEF_25%	76	99	102	111
FEF_50%	68.50	90	98.50	105
FEF_75%	53.50	78	84	96
FEF_25–75%	73.50	95	109.50	122
FEF_max	83	103.50	108.50	112
VER	111	133.50	92	157
	5 to 11 years old	11 to 17 years old	5 to 11 years old	11 to 17 years old
N	17	21	20	19
FVC	100	109	97	101
FEV₁	97	101	102.50	107
FEV₁/FVC	90	86	101	97
FEF_25%	88	78	117.50	106
FEF_50%	84	74	105.50	98
FEF_75%	68	57	93.50	88
FEF_25–75%	78	84	118.50	116
FEF_max	97	90	119	106
VER	104	161	99	138

N = number of patients; FVC = forced vital capacity; FEV₁ = forced expiratory volume at first second; FEF = forced expiratory flow; max = maximum; ERV = expiratory reserve volume. *Spirometry values are shown as percentages of predicted values.

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