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

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Table 4 Relationship between obese and eutrophic subjects regarding weight, body mass index and spirometry parameters with a positive p-value

Variables	Groups	N	Mean	Standard deviation	Median	CI		Minimum	Maximum	p-value
						5%	95%
Walking distance	Obese	29	523.06	54.21	528.27	502.43	543.68	352.38	628.73	<0.003
Walking distance	Eutrophic	56	669.66	45.68	669.00	657.43	681.89	565.60	771	<0.003
Cardiac frequency - 6´	Obese	29	119.07	14.63	118	113.50	124.64	79.00	147	0.003
Cardiac frequency - 6´	Eutrophic	56	133.48	19.45	132	128.27	138.69	88.00	173	0.003
Respiratory frequency - 6´	Obese	29	25.38	5.50	23	23.29	27.47	16.00	40	0.036
Respiratory frequency - 6´	Eutrophic	56	28.68	6.79	28	26.86	30.50	18.00	58	0.036
Cardiac frequency - 9´	Obese	29	92.14	10.96	93	87.97	96.31	75.00	112	0.042
Cardiac frequency - 9´	Eutrophic	56	99.79	13.61	99	96.14	103.43	76.00	127	0.042
Respiratory frequency - 9´	Obese	29	18.00	3.07	18	16.83	19.17	10.00	24	<0.003
Respiratory frequency - 9´	Eutrophic	56	21.37	4.69	20	20.12	22.63	12.00	32	<0.003
Work	Obese	29	40,630.81	14,853.16	37,678.27	34,980.97	46,280.65	18,998.78	84,192	<0.003
	Eutrophic	56	28,069.87	9,885.54	28,233.75	25,421.81	30,716.54	13,724.10	55,335

CI = confidential interval; n = number of patients. Statistical analyses were performed using the Mann–Whitney test, given an α = 0.05.

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