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Table 1 Patient’s characteristics

From: Airflow limitation: is there a correlation between spirometry and quantitative computed tomography measurements in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?

Factors

Total (n = 40)

 

Mean

SD

Minimum

Maximum

Age

61.13

8.11

40

81

Pre-bronchodilator (%)

 FEV1

57%

8%

44%

79%

 FVC

92%

8%

80%

108%

 FEV1/FVC

54%

6%

43%

68%

 PEF25–75

38%

14%

17%

66%

Post-bronchodilator (%)

 FEV1

60%

7%

46%

80%

 FVC

92%

10%

70%

109%

 FEV1/FVC

56%

6%

45%

70%

 PEF25–75

40%

12%

19%

66%

CT inter-lumen diameter (mm)

 Insp-RB1

11.49

1.98

8.2

14.2

 Insp-RB10

5.89

1.19

4.2

8

 Insp-LB3

3.21

0.39

2.3

3.9

 Exp-RB1

7.11

1.14

5.9

9.5

 Exp-RB10

3.66

0.6

2.9

4.9

 EXP-LB3

1.64

0.45

0.9

2.4

  1. Continues data represented as (mean, SD, minimum, and maximum)
  2. SD standard deviation, FEV1% forced expiratory volume in 1 s, FVC% forced volume capacity, PEF25–75% peak expiratory flow at 25–75% level, RB1 apical bronchus of the right upper lobe, RB10 the posterior basal bronchus of the right lower lobe, LB3 the anterior bronchus of the left upper lobe