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Table 1 Anthropometric data, pulmonary function test and walked distance evaluated by shuttle walking test

From: Vascular function in asthmatic children and adolescents

Variables

Control

Asthmatic

P value

Anthropometric data

 Age (years)

14.89 ± 0.68

13.58 ± 0.60

p = 0.15

 Weight (Kg)

54.11 ± 3.06

51.79 ± 3.02

p = 0.59

 Height (m)

1.64 ± 0.03

1.63 ± 0.03

p = 0.91

 BMI (Kg/m2)

19.86 ± 0.73

19.13 ± 0.54

p = 0.42

Pulmonary function test

 FVC (L)

3.85 ± 0.24

3.55 ± .29

p = 0.46

 FVC (% predicted)

107.6 ± 6.62

93.2 ± 5.23

p = 0.09

 FEV1(L)

3.37 ± 0.22

2.78 ± 0.27

p = 0.10

 FEV1(% predicted)

99.89 ± 5.28

82.69 ± 6.24

p = 0.04

 FEV1/FVC %

87.89 ± 1.72

77.04 ± 3.08

p = 0.005

Hemodynamic data

 SAP(mmHg)

105.0 ± 2.02

100.9 ± 2.64

p = 0.23

 DAP(mmHg)

65.83 ± 1.62

62.11 ± 1.96

p = 0.15

 MAP(mmHg)

78.89 ± 1.45

75.75 ± 2.05

p = 0.22

 HR(bpm)

74±3

80±2

p = 0.17

Shuttle walking test

 Walked distance(m)

470.6 ± 33.03

442.4 ± 25.37

p = 0.5

  1. FVC forced vital capacity, FEV 1 forced expiratory volume in the first second, FEV 1 /FVC Tiffeneau Index, SAP systolic arterial pressure, DAP diastolic arterial pressure, MAP mean arterial pressure, HR heart rate, SWT shuttle walking test