Volume 12, Issue 2, December 2014, Pages 385–389
Dr. Vijay Krishna K.1, Dr. Arun Kumar S.2, Dr. Shivaprasad. V.3, and Dr. Desai R.D.4
1 M.B.B.S. M.D. (PHYSIOLOGY) Professor in Physiology Subbiah Inst Of Med. Sciences Shimoga, Adarsha Colony Sindhanur. Raichur district, Karnataka State, India
2 M.B.B.S. M.D. (PHYSIOLOGY) Professor in Physiology V.I.M.S Bellary Karnataka state, India
3 BSc M.B.B.S. M.D. (PHYSIOLOGY) Professor in Physiology Basaveshwara Medical College Chitradurga Karnataka State, India
4 M.B.B.S. M.D.(PHYSIOLOGY) Professor in Physiology Navodaya Medical College Raichur Karnataka State, India
Original language: English
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Aims: The aim of this study was to correlate the "PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE" as measured by miniature Wright Peak Flow Meter in normal school children between 5 – 18 years with Weight.
Objectives: This study was done to correlate Weight of healthy school children with PEFR.
Study area: R.G.M. School Sindhanur.
Study design: This is an observational study of 495 urban school going healthy children from SINDHANUR. This sample comprised of 268 boys and 227 girls in the age range of 5- 18 years.
Results: PEFR increases progressively with increase in Weight. The correlation of PEFR with Weight was statistically significant.
Conclusion: The present study has led to the following conclusions.
A. There is a positive and statistically significant correlation between PEFR and Weight in the sample of children selected.
B. Weight has a less closer correlation with PEFR than height.
Author Keywords: Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (PEFR), Peak Flow Meter, S.D. (Standard Deviation), C.V. (Coefficient of Variation), S.E.M. (Standard Error of Mean).
Dr. Vijay Krishna K.1, Dr. Arun Kumar S.2, Dr. Shivaprasad. V.3, and Dr. Desai R.D.4
1 M.B.B.S. M.D. (PHYSIOLOGY) Professor in Physiology Subbiah Inst Of Med. Sciences Shimoga, Adarsha Colony Sindhanur. Raichur district, Karnataka State, India
2 M.B.B.S. M.D. (PHYSIOLOGY) Professor in Physiology V.I.M.S Bellary Karnataka state, India
3 BSc M.B.B.S. M.D. (PHYSIOLOGY) Professor in Physiology Basaveshwara Medical College Chitradurga Karnataka State, India
4 M.B.B.S. M.D.(PHYSIOLOGY) Professor in Physiology Navodaya Medical College Raichur Karnataka State, India
Original language: English
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Aims: The aim of this study was to correlate the "PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE" as measured by miniature Wright Peak Flow Meter in normal school children between 5 – 18 years with Weight.
Objectives: This study was done to correlate Weight of healthy school children with PEFR.
Study area: R.G.M. School Sindhanur.
Study design: This is an observational study of 495 urban school going healthy children from SINDHANUR. This sample comprised of 268 boys and 227 girls in the age range of 5- 18 years.
Results: PEFR increases progressively with increase in Weight. The correlation of PEFR with Weight was statistically significant.
Conclusion: The present study has led to the following conclusions.
A. There is a positive and statistically significant correlation between PEFR and Weight in the sample of children selected.
B. Weight has a less closer correlation with PEFR than height.
Author Keywords: Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (PEFR), Peak Flow Meter, S.D. (Standard Deviation), C.V. (Coefficient of Variation), S.E.M. (Standard Error of Mean).
How to Cite this Article
Dr. Vijay Krishna K., Dr. Arun Kumar S., Dr. Shivaprasad. V., and Dr. Desai R.D., “PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE AND ITS CORRELATION WITH WEIGHT IN NORMAL SCHOOL CHILDREN,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 385–389, December 2014.
