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Table 3 Pulmonary function test data for patients with late onset Pompe disease

From: Characteristics of Pompe disease in China: a report from the Pompe registry

Variable

China (n = 59)

Rest of the world

(n = 1180)

Patients with ≥1 PFT, n (%)

27 (45.8)

984 (83.4)

FVC % predicted normal (upright) (%)

 n

27

925

 Mean (SD)

37.2 (14.00)

63.5 (26.71)

 Median (min, max)

35.7 (15.1, 72.3)

62.0 (3.0, 137.0)

FVC % predicted normal (supine) (%)

 n

10

558

 Mean (SD)

29.2 (14.41)

55.3 (26.63)

 Median (min, max)

23.3 (12.8, 59.4)

53.3 (4.0, 137.0)

MIP (PImax) (cm H2O)

 n

17

474

 Mean (SD)

27.9 (13.54)

51.0 (38.66)

 Median (min, max)

24.5 (12.6, 60.9)

45.0 (0.4, 611.8)

MEP (PEmax) (cm H2O)

 n

16

466

 Mean (SD)

29.4 (12.04)

70.5 (52.78)

 Median (min, max)

26.1 (14.3, 56.7)

62.0 (0.2, 641.4)

  1. FVC forced vital capacity, MEP maximal expiratory pressure, MIP maximal inspiratory pressure, PFT pulmonary function test