Research Article

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

Table 5

Bivariate correlation result between pulmonary function parameters and mean blood pressure in cases and controls at Zewditu Memorial Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2017.

ParameterCorrelation coefficient (r)p-value

Mean BP with
 FVC-0.2430.007
 FEV1-0.2210.014
 FEV1%0.0420.644
 PEFR-0.1190.193
 FEF25-75%-0.1450.110

p value <0.01 is highly significant; p value <0.05 is significant. BP: blood pressure.