Table 1 Means of ages and spirometry variables per gender of the studied population of 98 severe asthmatics patients
Men (n = 45) | Women (n = 53) | Total (n = 98) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | p |
Age | 42.6 ± 21.1 | 41.4 ± 17.7 | 42.0 ± 19.3 | 0.69 |
%FVC | 80.3 ± 23.4 | 75.0 ± 19.2 | 77.4 ± 21.3 | 0.43 |
%SVC | 78.5 ± 19.8 | 75.1 ± 17.7 | 76.7 ± 18.7 | 0.46 |
%FEV1 | 55.7 ± 21.3 | 54.0 ± 21.0 | 54.8 ± 21.0 | 0.81 |
%FEV1/FVC | 67.4 ± 17.0 | 69.0 ± 15.4 | 68.3 ± 16.1 | 0.73 |
%SVC/FVC | 1.80 ± 8.15 | 0.11 ± 8.16 | 0.77 ± 8.17 | 0.59 |