Muhammad Asif Memon, Seema A Memon, Ejaz Alam.
Assessment of peak expiratory flow rate in pakistani medical students.
Rawal Med J Jan ;38(3):212-4.

Objectives: To observe the change in peak expiratory flow rate in 1 year to final year medical students. Methodology: 131 normal, non smoking Pakistani adult (78 males and 53 females) medical students were included in the study. All subjects belonged to Ziauddin Medical College and participated as volunteers. The age of subjects was in between 19 to 24 years. They had no history of any chronic diseases (e.g. tuberculosis, hypertension, diabetes or any surgical deformity) and were not under physical training program and/or any medications. All were informed about the purpose, requirements and the protocol of the investigation. Results: The PEFR values in male students was found to be higher then the female students when compare according to height and weight. The P value was highly significant in both groups except the group of students who had height range 171- 175 cm. Conclusion: The PEFR in this study was better than the other studies conducted in this region among medical students and students from any other disciplines. (Rawal Med J 2013;38:212-214).

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