Table 2 Spirometric and plethysmographic characteristics of control individuals and patients with work-related asthma

2.3 ± 0.6**

2.5 ± 0.7^‡‡

75.6 ± 19.2***

81.3 ± 17.4^‡‡‡‡

3.1 ± 0.7

3.3 ± 0.8

84.1 ± 15.0**

86.6 ± 14.0^‡‡

72.6 ± 11.7*

76.4 ± 10.2^‡

2.0 ± 1.1**

2.4 ± 1.2

0.6 ± 0.3

0.7 ± 0.3

5.5 ± 2.0**

5.7 ± 2.2

2.95 ± 0.7***

3.16 ± 0.6

2.69 ± 0.6*

2.93 ± 0.6^‡

0.33 ± 0.2***

0.26 ± 0.2

5.27 ± 1.1

5.14 ± 1.3

0.86 ± 0.3

0.87 ± 0.2

2.3 ± 0.8***

2.0 ± 0.9^‡

43.8 ± 12.9***

39 ± 11.6^‡

2.86 ± 1.2

2.3 ± 1.0^‡

3.2 ± 1.3

2.7 ± 1.26^‡

5.8 ± 5.2***

3.7 ± 3.1^‡‡

0.12 ± 0.09***

0.16 ± 0.1^‡