Demographics and the total lung computed tomography(CT) measurements for the study subjects
Age yrs | Subjects n (male) | Subjects with four images# | Subject height cm | CT weight g | CT gas volume mL | Predicted TLC mL | Predicted TLC/CT weight mL·g−1 |
0 | 12 (8) | 6 | 65±9 | 110±23 | 313±108 | 411±153 | 3.8±1.0 |
1 | 11 (8) | 5 | 79±4 | 151±25 | 546±177 | 723±109 | 5.0±0.9 |
2 | 5 (2) | 3 | 88±4 | 217±51 | 910±88 | 992±120 | 4.7±2.2 |
3 | 3 (3) | 2 | 101±2 | 214 | 847 | 1351±41 | 6.1 |
4 | 1 (1) | 1 | 115 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
5 | 1 (1) | 1 | 109 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
7 | 2 (1) | 0 | 121±6 | 335±141 | 1125±848 | 2170±377 | 6.9±1.8 |
9 | 1 (1) | 0 | 131 | 365 | 1726 | 2749 | 7.5 |
10 | 1 (0) | 0 | 144 | 449 | 1818 | 3320 | 7.4 |
11 | 1 (0) | 0 | 139 | 564 | 3293 | 3031 | 5.4 |
12 | 2 (1) | 0 | 151±1 | 566±58 | 2617±933 | 3855±55 | 6.8±0.6 |
13 | 1 (0) | 0 | 158 | 598 | 1034 | 4216 | 7.1 |
14 | 3 (1) | 0 | 162±16 | 688±187 | 2424±132 | 4691±1403 | 6.8±0.7 |
15 | 2 (2) | 0 | 173±0 | 930±146 | 4565±1370 | 5617±0 | 6.1±1.0 |
16 | 1 (0) | 0 | 157 | 578 | 2940 | 4148 | 7.2 |
17 | 3 (1) | 0 | 167±7 | 711±199 | 2731±1052 | 4950±724 | 7.2±1.3 |
Data are presented as mean±sd or n unless otherwise stated. TLC: total lung capacity; NA: not assessed. #: For subjects with only four CT images per CT scan, lung parenchyma dimensions could not be estimated. No subjects aged 6 and 8 yrs were available.