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Table 3 Adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for determinants of treatment for obstructive airway disease among individuals with normal and restrictive pattern in their PFTs

From: Perseverant, non-indicated treatment of obese patients for obstructive lung disease

Spirometry

Normal

Restriction

Term

OR

95% C.I.

P-Value

OR

95% C.I.

P-Value

Age

1.00

0.95-1.04

0.87

1.10

1.00-1.21

0.05

BMI

0.97

0.90-1.05

0.51

1.10

0.98-1.22

0.10

CHF

2.24

0.16-30.66

0.54

0.18

0.02-1.87

0.15

DM

2.05

0.59-7.15

0.26

0.07

0.00-1.77

0.11

HTN

0.54

0.16-1.89

0.34

1.6x106

0.00-1x1012

0.96

Sex

1.43

0.42-4.89

0.57

2.36

0.24-23.72

0.46

Smoking

1.63

0.44-6.00

0.47

1.89

0.24-15.10

0.55

  1. Adjustments were made for clinically relevant discriminators such as age, body mass index (BMI), congestive heart failure (CHF), diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension (HTN), sex and smoking.
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