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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of the healthy cohort females

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 = 2974)

564

794

493

285

291

218

190

139

mean (± SD)

 Height (cm)

131.18 ± 8.56

157.26 ± 10.45

165.7 ± 6.49

165.17 ± 6.58

165.77 ± 6.36

164.41 ± 6.30

161.71 ± 5.59

160.52 ± 5.71

 Weight (kg)

29.54 ± 7.54

50.70 ± 13.70

61.49 ± 10.59

62.03 ± 10.39

67.63 ± 12.05

69.49 ± 13.13

69.55 ± 13.16

68.27 ± 11.39

 FEV 1 (L)

1.72 ± 0.31

2.82 ± 0.59

3.31 ± 0.43

3.21 ± 0.44

3.01 ± 0.41

2.75 ± 0.39

2.50 ± 0.35

2.22 ± 0.35

 FVC (L)

1.96 ± 0.37

3.22 ± 0.69

3.83 ± 0.53

3.87 ± 0.56

3.81 ± 0.53

3.51 ± 0.53

3.18 ± 0.64

2.86 ± 0.43

 FEV 1 /FVC (%)

88.54 ± 5.9

87.92 ± 5.82

86.62 ± 6.60

83.21 ± 6.83

79.41 ± 5.37

78.47 ± 5.03

78.79 ± 5.65

77.70 ± 5.06

 TLC (L)

2.89 ± 0.51

4.54 ± 0.94

5.55 ± 0.71

5.71 ± 0.76

5.79 ± 0.77

5.74 ± 0.77

5.49 ± 0.65

5.36 ± 0.71

 FRC (L)

1.38 ± 0.26

2.22 ± 0.58

2.92 ± 0.54

3.09 ± 0.60

3.12 ± 0.62

3.10 ± 0.61

3.00 ± 0.54

3.06 ± 0.56

 RV (L)

0.92 ± 0.25

1.31 ± 0.41

1.68 ± 0.39

1.81 ± 0.4

1.94 ± 0.40

2.17 ± 0.36

2.25 ± 0,36

2.42 ± 0.43

 RV/TLC (%)

31.9 ± 5.97

28.71 ± 6.17

30.08 ± 5.21

31.54 ± 5.00

33.34 ± 4.51

37.85 ± 3.84

40.97 ± 4.36

44.98 ± 4.61

 IC (L)

1.51 ± 0.36

2.32 ± 0.54

2.63 ± 0.43

2.62 ± 0.45

2.67 ± 0.46

2.64 ± 0.45

2.49 ± 0.43

2.30 ± 0.41

 ERV (L)

0.46 ± 0.23

0.91 ± 0.44

1.25 ± 0.39

1.29 ± 0.44

1.18 ± 0.45

0.93 ± 0.39

0.75 ± 0.39

0.65 ± 0.33

  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