Table 1 Anthropometric characteristics and main spirometry data.

From: Acute respiratory muscle unloading improves time-to-exhaustion during moderate- and heavy-intensity cycling in obese adolescent males

 

OB

CTRL

BM (kg)

117.5 ± 21.3

68.4 ± 10.0**

Height (m)

1.70 ± 0.12

1.77 ± 0.13

BMI (kg/m2)

38.9 ± 6.1

21.4 ± 2.7**

BMI-SDS

3.3 ± 0.3

 − 0.2 ± 0.9***

FFM (kg)

71.7 ± 10.5

53.5 ± 6.2**

FM (kg)

45.8 ± 11.3

14.9 ± 4.6**

FM (% of BM)

38.7 ± 2.9

21.5 ± 3.6**

FVC, L

5.0 ± 0.7

5.6 ± 1.1

FVC, % predicted

107.1 ± 10.7

108.4 ± 19.0

FEV1, L

4.3 ± 0.8

4.9 ± 0.9

FEV1, % predicted

105.5 ± 16.2

112.4 ± 21.6

FEV1/FVC, %

84.7 ± 5.8

89.7 ± 4.6*

FEF25–75%

4.6 ± 1.3

5.4 ± 1.2

FEF25–75, % predicted

102.7 ± 28.3

94.3 ± 19.5

PEF, L/s

8.0 ± 1.3

8.3 ± 2.4

PEF, % predicted

95.8 ± 6.5

100.1 ± 23.4

  1. OB obese adolescents, CTRL control subjects, BM body mass, BMI-SDS SD score of body mass index (BMI), FFM fat free mass, FM Fat mass, TBW total body water, FVC forced vital capacity, FEV1 forced expiratory volume in 1 s, FEF25%–75% forced expiratory flow between 25 and 75% of FVC, PEF peak expiratory flow. Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.
  2. ***P < 0.001; **P < 0.01; *P < 0.05.
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