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

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Table 3 Relationship between obese and eutrophic subjects regarding weight, body mass index, and spirometry parameters with a positive p-value

Clinical variables	Groups	N	Mean	Standard deviation	Median	CI		Minimum	Maximum	p-value
						5%	95%
Weight	Obese	38	75.85	28.75	71.8	66.40	85.30	37	175	<0.003
Weight	Eutrophic	39	44.513	13.96	40.7	39.99	49.04	18.60	69.30	<0.003
Body mass index	Obese	38	31.88	8.01	30.2	29.24	34.51	21.22	65.87	<0.003
Body mass index	Eutrophic	39	19.91	3.76	18.15	18.68	21.12	14.19	22.79	<0.003
FEV₁/FVC	Obese	38	89	7.17	88.5	86.64	91.36	74	105	<0.003
FEV₁/FVC	Eutrophic	39	97.51	5.20	98	95.83	99.20	84	107	<0.003
FEF_25%	Obese	38	87.06	21.42	80	80.01	94.09	40	154	<0.003
FEF_25%	Eutrophic	39	110.31	19.18	110	104.09	116.52	69	149	<0.003
FEF_50%	Obese	38	80.53	25.41	77	72.17	88.88	32	150	<0.003
FEF_50%	Eutrophic	39	101.36	18.59	104	95.33	107.38	64	141	<0.003
FEF_75%	Obese	38	69.42	28.53	64.5	60.04	78.80	19	138	0.003
FEF_75%	Eutrophic	39	90.97	28.16	90	81.85	100.10	42	156	0.003
FEF_25–75%	Obese	38	84.42	25.26	79	76.12	92.72	29	147	<0.003
FEF_25–75%	Eutrophic	39	116.28	22.85	116	108.88	123.69	72	159	<0.003
FEF maximum	Obese	38	94.37	19.94	92.5	87.81	100.92	56	162	<0.003
	Eutrophic	39	115.23	18.17	112	109.34	121.12	80	163

CI = confidential interval; n = number of patients; FEV₁ = forced expiratory volume in 1 second; FVC = forced vital capacity; FEF = forced expiratory flow. Statistical analyses were performed using the Mann–Whitney test, given an α = 0.05.

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