Relationships between Plasma Micronutrients, Serum IgE, and Skin Test Reactivity and Asthma among School Children in Rural Southwest Nigeria

Table 3

Pulmonary function test in asthma cases and controls.

Pre-BD	Cases (𝑛=25)	Controls (𝑛=21)	𝑃^∗ value
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
FVC, L	2.45±0.70	2.54±0.86	n.s
FEV1, L	1.92±0.34	1.96±0.53	n.s
FEV1, % of predicted	75±10	77±19	n.s
FEV1/FVC	0.82±0.18	0.82±0.22	n.s
PEFR, L/S	3.44±1.19	4.34±1.49	0.03

^∗𝑃 values were calculated from t-tests; n.s: Not significant.