Table Info

Table 2.

Spirometric analysis between FHP and control groups

		FHP group (n = 45)			non-FHP group (n = 15)

	Units	Mean	Median	SD	Mean	Median	SD
FVC	L	99.73	97	11.83	99.2	104	15.53
FEV1	L	100.62	101	9.41	102.67	106	20.87
Tiffenau	%	84.06	84	6.00	83.28	83.9	5.65
PEF	L/s	100.42	101	12.76	96.33	99	19.40
MEF25	L/s	97.96	98	22.89	113.47	114	52.07
MEF50	L/s	99.38	97	20.72	111.87	106	40.17
MEF75	L/s	98.51	96	18.57	100	105	25.61
FEF25–75	L/s	100.44	103	17.97	113.27	107	39.95
VC	L	96.13	95	13.15	94.47	100	17.15
IC	L	92.82	89	13.62	100.8	100	16.10
MVV	L/min	104.87	105	19.17	98.4	102	25.84

Declarations

Author contributions

FS, SP, and AB: Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. TDF, DT, A Serio, A Spinelli, and LC: Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. AD, GA, EK, and CMG: Validation, Writing—review & editing, Supervision. All authors read and approved the submitted version.

Conflicts of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval

This study complies with the Declaration of Helsinki.

Consent to participate

Informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from all participants.

Consent to publication

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Availability of data and materials

Not applicable.

Funding

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