Volume : 7, Issue : 2, February - 2018

Study of Peak Expiratory Flow Rate and its association with weight and height in Females of West Bengal.

Dr Joyashree Banerjee, Dr Pranab Kumar Dey, Dr Ashmita Sengupta, Dr Anilbaran Singhamahapatra

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:&#10;justify;line-height:200%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Introduction: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) is one of the important parameters among the pulmonary function tests. The PEFR values may be affected by various factors. On this background t</span><span style="font-size:&#10;12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">he present study was undertaken to study the variations in the PEFR with various factors like age, height, weight, BMI in healthy women of West Bengal <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:&#10;justify;line-height:200%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Material and Methods: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">A retrospective study was conducted in the Dept. of physiology , R.G.Kar Medical College, Kolkata. About 850 female subjects<b> </b>who</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> were aged 20-50 years were selected and their PEFRs were determined. The influences of age, height, weight, and BMI on the PEFR were studied. The PEFR test was performed by RMS-HELIOS Spirometer.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:&#10;justify;line-height:200%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Results: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The mean PEFR of the women was found to be 268.4 &plusmn; 67.8 litres/minute. PEFR was positively correlated with <span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;</span>height and weight.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:&#10;justify;line-height:200%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Conclusion:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;&#10;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-bidi-font-weight:&#10;bold">Peak expiratory flow rate has significant association with age, height, weight and BMI in women.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>