First Report of FVC and FEV1 Reference Values for Beninese Children Aged 11–16 Years

Table 2

Dynamic growth of Height, Body mass, FVC and FEV, by sex and age from 11 to 16 years.

		[11-12] yrs	[12-13]  yrs	[13-14]  yrs	[14-15]  yrs	[15-16]   yrs
Height (%)	(Girls)	4.49	0.00	3.18	0.51	1.35
	(Boys)	4.54	4.21	2.31	1.63	1.36
BM (%)	(Girls)	15.58	6.86	7.57	0.00	6.40
	(Boys)	14.58	10.13	9.20	3.24	4.81
FVC (%)	(Girls)	4.86	12.89	4.57	4.37	13.39
	(Boys)	7.77	15.77	8.17	7.55	7.36
FEV1 (%)	(Girls)	1.36	15.44	12.21	−2.59	9.04
	(Boys)	9.43	16.67	9.85	−3.14	1.85

BM: body mass; BMI: body mass index; FVC: force vital capacity; FEV: force expiratory in one second. Values ​ ​are percent changes from one age group to another.