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Table 3 Comparison between patients with rheumatoid arthritis with normal and those with abnormal spirometry and IOS parameters; all patients had abnormal findings on chest HRCT (n = 35)

From: Application of impulse oscillometry to detect interstitial lung disease and airway disease in adults with rheumatoid arthritis

 

IOS

p-value

Spirometry

Normal

Abnormal

0.470

Normal

0

12

12 (34.3)

Abnormal

1

22

23 (65.7)

 

1 (2.9)

34 (97.1)

35

  1. HRCT High-resolution computed tomography, IOS Impulse oscillometry