Evaluation of the left and right ventricular systolic and diastolic function in asthmatic children

Table 2 Comparison (mean ± SD) of spirometry findings

Variable	asthmatic children	Healthy controls	p value^a
Variable	n = 50	n = 40	p value^a
PEF	90.02 ± 9.7	92.7 ± 8.9	0.320
FEV1	82.8 ± 12.2	92.2 ± 9.3	0.002 ^*
FVC	92.1 ± 8.5	95.2 ± 11.4	0.123
FEV1/FVC	89.6 ± 9.7	96.2 ± 10.5	0.012*

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