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Table 4 Stratified analysis of pulmonary function test in female subjects according to general characteristics

From: A cross-sectional study on the pulmonary function of residents in two urban areas with different PM10 concentrations: data from the fourth Korea national health and nutrition examination survey (KNHANES) 2007–2009

 

N (%)

FEV1p - Mean (Standard error)

FVCp - Mean (Standard error)

FEV1/FVC - (Standard error)

Seoul

Jeju

Seoul

Jeju

p-value

Seoul

Jeju

p-value

Seoul

Jeju

p-value

Education level

 Low

175 (38.6)

12 (26.0)

93.28 (1.47)

87.17 (4.03)

0.159

92.20 (1.02)

84.81 (3.53)

0.047

0.79 (0.006)

0.81 (0.019)

0.270

 High

234 (61.4)

30 (74.0)

92.37 (0.93)

94.44 (3.46)

0.564

93.43 (0.99)

98.60 (1.93)

0.019

0.83 (0.005)

0.81 (0.018)

0.419

Household income

 Low

162 (37.8)

12 (27.5)

91.15 (1.53)

85.24 (2.81)

0.068

90.87 (1.17)

83.97 (2.17)

0.006

0.80 (0.006)

0.83 (0.021)

0.172

 High

247 (62.2)

30 (72.5)

93.64 (0.97)

95.91 (4.11)

0.593

94.24 (0.91)

100.02 (2.06)

0.012

0.82 (0.006)

0.80 (0.017)

0.346

Occupational class

 Blue collar

123 (28.2)

8 (20.1)

91.60 (1.65)

85.70 (3.89)

0.448

91.86 (1.43)

84.44 (2.54)

0.308

0.80 (0.006)

0.80 (0.017)

0.773

 White collar

286 (71.8)

34 (79.9)

93.14 (0.95)

94.20 (3.56)

0.774

93.41 (0.81)

97.51 (1.84)

0.044

0.82 (0.005)

0.82 (0.014)

0.740

Smoking status

 Smoker

29 (7.8)

1 (1.7)

90.31 (2.39)

97.45 (0)

0.800

90.98 (2.18)

114.60 (0)

0.133

0.83 (0.010)

0.73 (0)

0.133

 Non-smoker

380 (92.2)

41 (98.3)

92.97 (0.88)

92.33 (2.72)

0.822

93.19 (0.77)

94.35 (1.59)

0.515

0.81 (0.005)

0.81 (0.012)

0.806

Drinking status

 Heavy

43 (11.8)

11 (28.2)

91.38 (1.93)

93.34 (0.99)

0.368

92.85 (1.55)

98.28 (0.84)

0.003

0.83 (0.018)

0.80 (0.011)

0.231

 Social

366 (88.2)

31 (71.8)

92.88 (0.87)

92.02 (3.49)

0.812

92.99 (0.70)

93.17 (2.27)

0.940

0.81 (0.004)

0.82 (0.015)

0.654

Age (years)

 Young (19–38)

64 (19.4)

13 (35.0)

91.77 (1.28)

93.61 (2.54)

0.521

93.12 (1.30)

98.40 (3.01)

0.111

0.85 (0.008)

0.82 (0.020)

0.127

 Middle (39–58)

232 (58.8)

22 (48.2)

92.06 (1.01)

91.10 (5.24)

0.858

93.72 (1.04)

92.44 (4.85)

0.797

0.81 (0.005)

0.81 (0.012)

0.728

 Old (> 58)

113 (21.7)

7 (16.8)

95.32 (1.86)

91.95 (5.65)

0.436

91.13 (1.26)

86.36 (7.57)

0.430

0.78 (0.008)

0.78 (0.009)

0.906

  1. p-value were calculated by T-test or Mann-Whitney test to compare Seoul with Jeju
  2. FEV1p predicted values of forced expiratory volume in 1 s, FVCp predicted values of forced vital capacity, FEV1/FVC FEV1/FVC ratio