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Table 5.

Subject groups’s mean height and spirometry test results

Sex Subject group Mean height (cm) FVC (L) FVC below 80%
Male Central Asia (N=1,020) 173.4±6.0** 4.9±0.7** 50 (4.9)*
Northeast Asia (N=10,274) 167.2±5.9** 4.2±0.7** 1,346 (13.1)*
South Asia Pacific group (N=5,917) 166.9±5.8** 4.0±0.6** 1,344 (22.7)*
Female Central Asia (N=61) 159.9±6.6** 3.4±0.6** 6 (9.8)*§
Northeast Asia (N=955) 155.1±5.4** 3.0±0.5** 137 (14.3)*§
South Asia Pacific group (N=184) 155.4±5.2** 2.9±0.4** 39 (21.2)*§

Data are presented as number only, number (%), mean±standard or deviation.

Abbreviations: FVC, forced vital capacity; FEV1, forced expiratory volume in 1 second.

*P<0.05, **P<0.01; P-values were calculated by ANOVA. post hoc by Student-Newmann-Keuls test, P-value was calculated by chi-squared test, χ2=357.553; §P-value was calculated by chi-squared test, χ2=7.046.

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