Table 2 Computed tomographic analysis of degrees of lung aeration of the whole lung

Lung volume, gas + tissue (ml)

3,372 ± 686

2,283 ± 549

<0.001

Functional residual capacity (ml)

2,035 ± 594

992 ± 450

<0.001

Volume of tissue (ml)

1,344 ± 315

1,296 ± 328

0.015

Overinflated lung volume (ml)

51 ± 121 (0–508)

4 ± 11(0–45)

<0.001

Normally aerated lung volume (ml)

2,476 ± 649

1,133 ± 640

<0.001

Poorly aerated lung volume (ml)

394 ± 224

597 ± 280

0.002

Nonaerated lung volume (ml)

451 ± 275 (123–1,213)

549 ± 342 (165–1,452)

0.001