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My FVC was 5.49 L/min versus the national average of 3.53L/min. My FE1.0 was measured at 5.16 L compared to the average of 3.02 L. Finally, my FEV1.0/FVC % was 94.0% compared to 85.5%, which is way closer in percentage. There is a despriency in the averages because of fitness level and the amount of air flow into the lungs, and pulmonary diseases that may hinder breathing, and muscle weakness. Also, I am currently 20 and the averages groups people from 20-40 years old. This is a huge deviation, which can result in higher values. Was there a difference between your predicted FVC or FEV1.0 with the actual calculation? Explain why or why not My predicted FVC was 4.21 L and my actual was 5.49 L. For FEV1.0 my predicted measurement was 3.64 L and my actual was 5.16 L. As seen from my results, my measured results were higher than my predicted results. This could be because my physical fitness is better than the average 20-40 year old. …show more content…

Flow rates? – Is there any conclusions that can be drawn specifically from the data? Age, height, and sex all have an effect on predicting lung volume. For flow rate, exercise is predicting factor. From the data, we see that males have higher PEFs and FVCs. This is most likely because of more muscles mass, height, and we have many male athletes. This supports the ideas that sex, increased height, and increased mass all increase the lung volumes. What factors can affect peak expiratory flow? – How would these affect exercise capacity? Height, gender, physical fitness, and race can all affect PEF. In addition, lung disease and tobacco usage can create a decrease in PEF. For people with lung disease, exercise capacity is decreased because their VO2 is decreased. With the restriction on their lung capacity, they would most likely fatigue

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