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A comparative
study of vital capacity of Indian and Nepalese young female
Pinaki Chatterjee1, 3*,
Paulomi Das2, 4, Parimal Debnath4 and
K. Alok Banerjee3
1Department
of Physiology, S. R. College of Dental Sciences and
Research, Faridabad, India.
2Department
of Physiology, Nepalgunj Medical College, Chisapani, Banke,
Nepal.
3University
of Kalyani, Kalyani, West Bengal, India.
4Department
of Physical Education, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.
*Corresponding
author. E-mail:
drpinakichat-topadhyay@gmail.com,
pnkchatterjee@yahoo.com.
Accepted 14 July, 2010 |
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Vital
capacity is an important index in pulmonary function. At
present, it is difficult to achieve accuracy in clinical
diagnosis because of lack of unified standard of the normal
reference value in younger women’s vital capacity in Nepal.
So, the present study was carried out to evaluate vital
capacity of healthy Nepalese young females and compare their
values with healthy Indian counterparts to know whether
Indian prediction equations for vital capacity can be used
for Nepalese population or not. Ninety six (42 were Indians
and 54 were Nepalese) young, non-smoker, female students of
18 to 20 years of age were recruited for this study. The
mean vital capacity of Nepalese and Indian girls were
2650.31 ± 464.34 and 2629.21 ± 449.97 ml respectively. As no
significant difference was found in the mean vital capacity
of Nepalese and Indian female students, prediction equation
made for Indian females may be used for Nepalese subjects.
Therefore, an attempt has been made to formulate a
regression equation from the combined Indian and Nepalese
subjects. A stepwise, multiple, linear, regression equation
was performed for this purpose. The regression equation
based on height for the combined Indian and Nepalese adult
females is calculated as: Vital capacity (ml) = 26.2 ×
Height (cm) – 1467.21.
Key words:
Vital capacity, spirometry, Nepalese female, regression
equation.
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