Volume : VIII, Issue : VI, June - 2018

Anthropometric Parameters as determinant of Peak Expiratory Flow Rate in Young Indian Adults Male.

Dr Joyashree Banerjee, Dr Pranab Kumar Dey, Prof Dr Anilbaran Singhamahapatra, Dr Rahul Deb Barman, Dr Munmun Chattopadhyay, Prof Dr Jharna Mukherjee

Abstract :

 Objective: The present study was undertaken to study the variations in the Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (PEFR) with

various factors like age, height, weight, the Body Mass Index (BMI) in healthy nonsmoking adults .
Material and Methods: Five hundred fifty healthy nonsmoking male subjects who were aged 15–60 years were selected and their PEFRs were
analysed retrospectively. The influences of age, height, weight, and BMI on the PEFR were studied. The PEFR test was performed by electronic
spiromrter in the Dept. of physiology , R.G.Kar Medical College, Kolkata.
Results: The mean PEFR of the subjects was found to be 355.51± 2.041 L/min litres/minute. The PEFR increased with an increase in the height,
weight , but it decreased with an increase in age and BMI.
Conclusion: This study generated the preliminary values of PEFR for the healthy nonsmoking male.

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Dr Joyashree Banerjee, Dr Pranab Kumar Dey, Prof (Dr) Anilbaran Singhamahapatra, Dr Rahul Deb Barman, Dr Munmun Chattopadhyay, Prof (Dr) Jharna Mukherjee, Anthropometric Parameters as determinant of Peak Expiratory Flow Rate in Young Indian Adults Male., INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-6 | June-2018


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