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Table 1 Subjects’ anthropometric characteristics and recordings performed during a slow inspiration to total lung capacity (TLC)

From: Information conveyed by electrical diaphragmatic activity during unstressed, stressed and assisted spontaneous breathing: a physiological study

Subject

Age (years)

Height (m)

Weight (kg)

BMI (kg/m2)

Maximal peak Eadi (μV) during slow inspiration to TLC

PTPeso/breath (cmH2O*s) during slow inspiration to TLC

Inspiratory capacity (L)

1

22

1.87

105

30.0

47

105.9

2.7

2

30

1.80

70

21.6

123

82.1

2.7

3

30

1.95

82

21.6

104

NA

3.3

4

26

1.83

67

20.0

91

61.1

5.9

5

32

1.71

59

20.2

90

31.6

3.8

6

21

1.78

67

21.1

173

72.2

4.7

7

20

1.67

60

21.5

99

35.8

2.8

8

20

1.71

63

21.5

98

80.5

3.1

9

10

30

1.80

65

20.1

46

NA

4.4

11

22

1.80

65

20.1

126

NA

4.3

12

28

1.70

68

23.5

63

72.8

3.9

13

23

1.85

80

23.4

64

95.9

4.2

14

25

1.75

85

27.8

88

92.1

4.0

15

Median

25

1.80

67

21.5

91

76.7

3.9

Centile25

22

1.71

65

20.2

64

63.9

3.1

Centile75

30

1.83

80

23.4

104

89.6

4.3

  1. BMI body mass index, Eadi electrical activity of the diaphragm, PTPeso esophageal pressure–time product, NA not available