Figure 5

The Impact scale of the St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire plotted in relation to the age of the respondent and the time since diagnosis (calculated as Current Age minus Age at diagnosis). Individuals with a time since diagnosis of more than eight years are shown as solid black circles (•), and the lowess curve is shown as a solid black line (-), and those with a time since diagnosis of less than eight years are shown as open black circles (○) and the lowess curve is shown as a dashed black line (- - - -).