Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population (28 patients)

Characteristic
Mean (± SD)

Age (years)
38 ± 18
Sex (M/F)
10/11
Height (cm)
161 ± 12
Weight (kg)
56 ± 19
FVC (% predicted)
44 ± 12

28 ± 26
FEV1 (% predicted)

TLC (% predicted)
99 ± 26
RV (% predicted)
208 ± 67

FVC, forced vital capacity; FEV1, forced exhaled volume in 1 s; RV, residual volume; TLC, total lung capacity.

Vizza et al. Critical Care 2001 5:355   doi:10.1186/cc1069