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Table 4 Effects of 5mm increments in abdominal adipose tissue on the percentage of predictive values of the Forced Vital Capacity and the Expiratory Reserve Volume in the studied population

From: The impact of abdominal adiposity measured by sonography on the pulmonary function of pre-menopausal females

5mm increment in adipose tissue deposition

Reduction

%FVC

%ERV

TAT

0.83 %

4.25 %

VAT

0.81 %

4.31 %

SAT

1.90 %

9.44 %

  1. %FVC, percentage of predictive Forced Vital Capacity, %ERV, percentage of predictive Expiratory Reserve Volume, TAT (cm), Total abdominal adipose tissue, VAT (cm), Visceral adipose tissue, SAT (cm), Subcutaneousadipose tissue
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Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine

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