Research Article
Establishment of Reference Norms for Lung Function Parameters of Healthy Sri Lankan Tamils
Table 8
Mean (SD) of measured and predicted values of males and females.
| | Males | Females | FVC (L) | FEV1 (L) | VC (L) | FVC (L) | FEV1 (L) | VC (L) |
| Measured values | 3.05 ± 0.52 | 2.52 ± 0.53 | 2.97 ± 0.48 | 2.31 ± 0.5 | 2.02 ± 0.46 | 2.21 ± 0.43 | Predicted values (present equations) | 3.3 ± 0.50 | 2.10 ± 0.48 | | 2.28 ± 0.34 | 1.99 ± 0.32 | 2.16 ± 0.43 | Predicted values (GLI 2012) | 2.92 ± 0.52 | 2.4 ± 0.53 | | 2.62 ± 0.32 | 2.22 ± 0.33 | |
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