Higher serum levels of periostin and the risk of exacerbations in moderate asthmatics

Table 1 Demographic and lung function characteristics of the study subjects

#	Gender	Age	Smoke	FEV1%	FVC%	FEV1/FVC	RV%	TLC%	RV/TLC%	FRC%
1	F	37	n	108	133	70,6	83	116	72	92
2	M	64	n	109	102	78,2	88	93	90	85
3	M	33	n	77	78	79,4	79	77	99	54
4	M	44	f	91	105	70,4	77	96	79	70
5	F	55	n	83	112	63,3	86	97	86	112
6	M	35	f	54	88	49,6	96	90	108	93
7	M	31	f	73	95	61,4	99	96	102	97
8	F	44	n	107	130	71,1	106	118	91	83
9	M	48	n	62	87	55,5	138	101	127	112
10	M	61	n	61	76	61,2	107	86	126	84
11	F	41	f	86	91	81,9	96	90	106	75
12	F	46	n	110	108	88,1	98	100	99	77
13	M	62	f	100	94	81,2	88	89	94	81
14	M	58	n	59	95	48,0	148	114	135	116
15	M	55	n	49	73	52,3	114	86	129	108
Mean (SD)	-	47.6 (11.0)	-	81.9 (21.7)	97.8 (17.8)	67.5 (12.7)	100.2 (20.4)	96.6 (11.8)	102.9 (19.1)	89.3 (17.5)

Abbreviations: for Gender: M male, F female. For Smoke: f former smoker, n never smoker
FEV1%: forced expiratory volume at first second, % predicted, FVC%: forced vital capacity, % predicted, RV%: residual volume, % predicted, TLC%: total lung capacity, % predicted, FRC%: functional residual capacity, % predicted

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