Basic Science Department of Anatomy, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Indian J Pediatr. 2010 Sep;77(9):1017-9. doi: 10.1007/s12098-010-0155-5. Epub 2010 Sep 3.
The study involved 1342 primary school students aged 7-14 years who applied to Ankara, a primary care center for general health check-up between 2006 and 2007. Forty-three students, 35 of whom had PE and 8 of whom had PC, were subjected to thorax measurement. All 43 students underwent pulmonary function tests (PFT).The prevalence rate of PC was 0.6%, and of PE, 2.6%. The thorax widths of the groups were similar (P = 0.273). The thorax circumference and depth of PE group were lower than those of the controls (P < 0.05). The probability rate of abnormality in PFT scores of PE group was statistically significantly higher than that of the controls (P = 0.022) whereas absence of normal PFT scores the difference between PC group and the controls was not statistically significant (p = 0.095). The results indicate that more than half of the individuals with pectus deformity do not have any physical complaints and do not have statistically significant differences in their PFT parameters.
该研究纳入了 2006 年至 2007 年期间向安卡拉普通保健中心申请一般健康检查的 1342 名 7-14 岁的小学生。对 43 名学生（其中 35 名患有 PE，8 名患有 PC）进行了胸廓测量。所有 43 名学生均接受了肺功能测试（PFT）。PC 的患病率为 0.6%，PE 为 2.6%。两组的胸廓宽度相似（P=0.273）。PE 组的胸廓周长和深度低于对照组（P<0.05）。PE 组的 PFT 评分异常概率明显高于对照组（P=0.022），而 PC 组与对照组之间的正常 PFT 评分差异无统计学意义（p=0.095）。结果表明，超过一半的鸡胸畸形患者没有任何身体不适，其 PFT 参数也没有统计学差异。
