Predicted Aerobic Capacity of Asthmatic Children: A Research Study from Clinical Origin

Table 1

Matrix of observations.

	Pretest	T0	T-EIA	T1	T4	T10
Age (year) and sex	X
BMI	X				X	X
Development characteristics	X
Ever asthma/current asthma	X
FEV1		X	X	X	X	X
ΔFEV1			X
HRrest					X
Medical treatment		X	X	X	X	X
Menarche	X				X	X
PAC		X		X	X	X
PEFR					X
Physical activity (h/week)		X			X	X
RS	X	X	X	X	X	X
Symptoms (allergic/pulmonary)	X

T0: time point of baseline test, T-EIA: time point EIA-test, T1: time point 1st month test, T4: time point 4th month test, T10: time point 10th month test, BMI: body mass index (kg/m²), FEV₁: forced expiratory volume in one second (mL), ΔFEV₁: maximal percentage decrease in FEV₁ from baseline, HR_rest: heart rate at rest (beats/min), PAC: predicted aerobic capacity (mLO₂/min/kg), PEFR: peak expiratory flow rate (L/min), and RS: running speed (km/h).