Research Article
Pulmonary Function Tests in Hypertensive Patients Attending Zewditu Memorial Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Table 4
Observed and predicted PFTs in hypertensive patients and controls at Zewditu Memorial Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2017.
| PFT Parameter (mean values) | Observed | Predicted | P-value |
| FVC(L) | | | | Case | 3.52 ± 1.02 | 3.86 ± 0.67 | < 0.001 | Control | 4.31 ± 0.82 | 4.21 ± 0.71 | 0.373 | FEV1 (L) | | | | Case | 2.97 ± 0.89 | 3.14 ± 0.61 | 0.046 | Control | 3.54 ± 0.7 | 3.37 ± 0.61 | 0.124 | FEV1% | | | | Case | 85 ± 7 | 78.18 ± 3.07 | < 0.001 | Control | 82 ± 5 | 79.82 ± 4.08 | 0.152 | PEFR (L/S) | | | | Case | 5.70 ± 2.44 | 7.28 ± 1.37 | < 0.001 | Control | 6.44 ± 2.07 | 7.87 ± 1.67 | < 0.001 | FEF25-75% (L/S) | | | | Case | 3.34 ± 1.30 | 2.9 ± 0.57 | 0.068 | Control | 3.94 ± 1.09 | 3.47 ± 1.06 | 0.118 |
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p value<0.05 is significant; p value<0.01 is highly significant. |