Lung Function Abnormalities in Sickle Cell Anaemia

Table 1

Demographic characteristics and lung function parameters of participants.

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation	Minimum	Maximum	Sig.
Weight (kg)
Hb-SS subjects	76	59.00	13.20	38.00	117.50	<0.001
Controls	76	69.10	14.50	46.00	115.00
Height (cm)
Hb-SS subjects	76	164.30	8.20	135.00	182.50	0.077
Controls	76	166.10	8.24	150.00	190.00
BMI
Hb-SS subjects	76	21.80	4.20	15.80	40.20	<0.001
Controls	76	25.05	4.77	17.00	39.00
Age (years)
Hb-SS subjects	76	33.75	11.11	18.00	63.00	0.970
Controls	76	33.81	9.81	18.00	61.00
FVC Predicted
Study subjects	71	72.63	22.19	40.00	120	0.001
Controls	74	90.38	11.85	53.00	114
FEV1 Predicted
Study subjects	71	65.32	20.55	24.00	115.00	0.001
Controls	74	87.03	12.84	50.00	115.00
Ratio (FEV1/FVC)
Study subjects	71	75.64	9.59	50.20	92.20	0.001
Controls	74	82.16	6.28	67.50	100.00