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Table 2 Best pulmonary function over childhood and adolescence

From: Lung function trajectories in children with post-prematurity respiratory disease: identifying risk factors for abnormal growth

 

3–6 years

7–11 years

12–20 years

Best FEV1 (% predicted)

n

128

71

14

mean (s.d.)

83.6 (17)

87.1 (18)

82.6 (25)

Best FVC (% predicted)

n

60

55

12

mean (s.d.)

100 (21)

110 (20)

111 (21)

Best FEV1/FVC

n

60

55

12

mean (s.d.)

82 (9.1)

79 (8.9)

70.6 (14)