Pulmonary Function Tests in Hypertensive Patients Attending Zewditu Memorial Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 4

Observed and predicted PFTs in hypertensive patients and controls at Zewditu Memorial Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2017.

PFT Parameter (mean values)	Observed	Predicted	P-value
FVC(L)
Case	3.52 ± 1.02	3.86 ± 0.67	< 0.001
Control	4.31 ± 0.82	4.21 ± 0.71	0.373
FEV1 (L)
Case	2.97 ± 0.89	3.14 ± 0.61	0.046
Control	3.54 ± 0.7	3.37 ± 0.61	0.124
FEV1%
Case	85 ± 7	78.18 ± 3.07	< 0.001
Control	82 ± 5	79.82 ± 4.08	0.152
PEFR (L/S)
Case	5.70 ± 2.44	7.28 ± 1.37	< 0.001
Control	6.44 ± 2.07	7.87 ± 1.67	< 0.001
FEF25-75% (L/S)
Case	3.34 ± 1.30	2.9 ± 0.57	0.068
Control	3.94 ± 1.09	3.47 ± 1.06	0.118

p value<0.05 is significant; p value<0.01 is highly significant.