To establish
reference values for
lung function test in Filipinos, 283 (130
males and 153
females) normal non-
smoking ( Multiple
linear regressions with backward elimination was done. The data obtained was regressed against independent variables of age height, weight, and
body surface area for each
sex.
Analysis of variance (
ANOVA) of the regression equations for most
parameters were significant at = 0.01. In a few
parameters were significance was = 0.05. Only in Raw was the regression model not significant. The coefficient of
determination (R) of our regression equations were low (