Variable (% predicted) | All subjects (n=57) | Exposure to beryls | F1 | F2 | F3 | ||||||||
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A >4 h/week (n=27) | B ⩽4 h/week (n=30) | ||||||||||||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||||||||
IVC | 101.5 | 13.5 | 103.3 | 12.7 | 99.9 | 14.2 | 0.319 | 0.122 | 0.776 | ||||
FVC | 106.1 | 13.4 | 106.8 | 14.1 | 105.4 | 12.9 | 0.123 | 0.490 | 0.881 | ||||
FEV1 | 104.8 | 15.4 | 107.2 | 17.3 | 102.5 | 13.4 | 0.915 | 1.759 | 1.223 | ||||
FEV1/IVC | 100.7 | 9.6 | 101.6 | 10.0 | 99.9 | 9.2 | 0.301 | 1.904 | 0.654 | ||||
PEF | 109.7 | 21.5 | 109.9 | 20.2 | 109.5 | 22.9 | 0.230 | 1.605 | 0.535 | ||||
MEF50 | 93.5 | 33.4 | 96.4 | 37.1 | 91.0 | 30.2 | 0.442 | 1.606 | 0.403 | ||||
MEF25 | 85.0 | 35.4 | 90.3 | 36.7 | 80.2 | 34.2 | 2.046 | 3.1863-150 | 0.100 | ||||
MEF25-75 | 93.5 | 31.8 | 96.9 | 33.7 | 90.6 | 30.3 | 0.712 | 2.318 | 0.417 | ||||
Rocc | 95.8 | 25.4 | 93.1 | 28.6 | 98.2 | 22.5 | 0.604 | 0.397 | 0.267 |
↵3-150 :p<0.05; Tukey test: non-smokers vcurrent smokers.