Table 4

Pulmonary function tests for symptomatic adults

Before plication						After plication
TLC		FVC		FEV₁		TLC			FVC			FEV₁
ml	% pred	ml	% pred	ml	% pred	ml	% pred	% improved	ml	% pred	% improved	ml	% pred	% improved
2842	59	1950	57	1530	53	4007	83	41	2827	83	45	2249	77	47
3166	34	1520	32	1350	35	5413	58	71	2517	53	66	1928	50	43
3562	45	2280	48	2000	52	4950	63	39	3124	66	37	2800	64	40
1072	44	630	41	530	35	1404	56	31	814	53	29	682	45	29
3615	50	2185	53	1730	50	4735	66	31	2680	65	23	2250	65	30
5330	62	3633	65	3201	70	7568	88	42	5310	95	46	4620	91	44
2309	46	1400	43	1176	41	3311	66	43	2044	60	46	1594	56	36
						Range of improvement		31–71			23–66			29–47
						Mean		43			42			38