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Table 9 Relationship between air trapping quantitative imaging analysis parameters and pulmonary function measurements among deployers

From: Quantitative imaging analysis detects subtle airway abnormalities in symptomatic military deployers

Variable

n

Estimated change βa [95% CI]

+ 0.1 E/I TLV Ratio

 + 0.1 E/I MLD Ratio

 + 1% LAA%-856

FEV1PP

62

9.9 [−15.6, −4.1]

7.2 [−13.5, −0.9]

 0.8 [ 2.1, 0.5]

FEV1/FVC

62

4.9 [−7.7, −2.2]

4.9 [−7.8, −2.0]

 0.3 [ 0.9, 0.3]

RVPP

59

9.5 [0.8, 18.3]

12.3 [3.4, 21.2]

 0.1 [ 1.8, 1.6]

RV/TLC

59

5.0 [3.0, 6.9]

4.6 [2.5, 6.7]

0.4 [ 0.06, 0.9]

DLCOPP

58

2.4 [ 7.0, 11.8]

3.9 [ 5.8, 13.7]

 1.3 [ 3.1, 0.6]

  1. Bold values are statistically significant
  2. a = All measures were adjusted for smoking pack-years and body mass index. LAA%-950, Pi10, and LAA%-856 are also adjusted for total lung volume (inspiratory or expiratory as appropriate)