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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the healthy cohort males

From: Updated reference values for static lung volumes from a healthy population in Austria

Age Groups (years)

6 to 10

 ≥ 10 to 20

 ≥ 20 to 30

 ≥ 30 to 40

 ≥ 40 to 50

 ≥ 50 to 60

 ≥ 60 to 70

 ≥ 70 to 80

n (total = 2397)

351

664

434

273

241

169

148

117

mean (± SD)

 Height (cm)

131.58 ± 8.64

163.44 ± 14.91

178.99 ± 6.98

178.68 ± 6.62

179.46 ± 7.31

179.01 ± 6.61

175.73 ± 6.93

173.48 ± 7.09

 Weight (kg)

29.76 ± 7.61

56.17 ± 17.07

76.62 ± 12.50

81.54 ± 12.45

84.52 ± 13.65

85.36 ± 12.64

83.50 ± 11.55

82.28 ± 12.80

 FEV 1 (L)

1.81 ± 0.34

3.35 ± 1.02

4.52 ± 0.62

4.30 ± 0.61

4.08 ± 0.57

3.85 ± 0.54

3.39 ± 0.52

3.05 ± 0.52

 FVC (L)

2.07 ± 0.41

3.92 ± 1.18

5.44 ± 0.78

5.33 ± 0.80

5.25 ± 0.75

4.97 ± 0.69

4.44 ± 0.68

3.99 ± 0.68

 FEV 1 /FVC (%)

87.81 ± 6.13

85.63 ± 6.40

83.47 ± 7.00

80.99 ± 6.36

78.00 ± 5.55

77.69 ± 5.00

76.65 ± 6.04

76.59 ± 5.19

 TLC (L)

3.03 ± 0.55

5.40 ± 1.57

7.43 ± 0.98

7.40 ± 1.08

7.55 ± 1.00

7.56 ± 1.03

7.35 ± 0.94

7.07 ± 1.03

 FRC (L)

1.46 ± 0.29

2.64 ± 0.94

3.78 ± 0.73

3.64 ± 0.86

3.80 ± 0.83

3.86 ± 0.80

3.96 ± 0.74

3.82 ± 0.71

 RV (L)

0.94 ± 0.26

1.45 ± 0.52

1.94 ± 0.46

2.01 ± 0.45

2.23 ± 0.41

2.49 ± 0.46

2.78 ± 0.46

2.92 ± 0.53

 RV/TLC (%)

31.05 ± 6.39

26.97 ± 5.53

26.08 ± 4.86

27.03 ± 4.06

29.53 ± 3.49

32.80 ± 3.63

37.81 ± 4.43

41.47 ± 4.82

 IC (L)

1.57 ± 0.37

2.76 ± 0.78

3.65 ± 0.61

3.76 ± 0.66

3.75 ± 0.64

3.70 ± 0.69

3.39 ± 0.61

3.25 ± 0.67

 ERV (L)

0.51 ± 0.27

1.19 ± 0.61

1.84 ± 0.54

1.63 ± 0.61

1.57 ± 0.64

1.37 ± 0.56

1.18 ± 0.55

0.90 ± 0.44

  1. Abbreviations: ERV expiratory reserve volume, FEV1 forced expiratory volume in 1 s, FVC forced vital capacity, FRCpleth functional residual capacity measured by plethysmography, IC inspiratory capacity, RV residual volume, TLC total lung capacity