Table 1 Anthropometric, sonographic and spirometric data of the studied population of 80 sedentary volunteer females

n

25

28

27

Age (years)

31.2 ± 7.11

31.9 ± 6.85

32.9 ± 7.25

NS

Height (cm)

1.62 ± 0.09

1.63 ± 0.06

1.59 ± 0.08

NS

Weight (Kg)

59.1 ± 7.01

73.7 ± 6.12

84.5 ± 10.6

<0.001

BMI (kg/m²)

22.4 ± 1.57

27.8 ± 1.25

33.3 ± 2.18

<0.001

SAT (cm)

1.71 ± 0.38

2.52 ± 0.61

3.13 ± 0.65

<0.001

VAT (cm)

3.17 ± 0.53

4.04 ± 1.03

5.04 ± 1.47

<0.001

TAT (cm)

4.89 ± 0.68

6.56 ± 1.18

8.17 ± 1.54

<0.001

%FVC

102.5 ± 11.6

104.2 ± 12.2

100.6 ± 10

NS

%FEV₁

99.4 ± 9.46

101.5 ± 12.1

99 ± 8.71

NS

FEV₁/FVC

0.84 ± 0.04

0.83 ± 0.04

0.85 ± 0.05

NS

%IC

113 ± 16.2

125.9 ± 18

123 ± 12.8

0.02

%ERV

94.4 ± 30

79.6 ± 25.8

64 ± 25.7

0.001