Diffusion lung capacity for carbon monoxide correlates with HRCT findings in patients with diffuse parenchymal lung disease

The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology

Table 6 Correlation between forced vital capacity and Warrick’s score indices

	FVC		Test value	P value	Sig.
	Mean ± SD	Range	Test value	P value	Sig.
GGO
Absent	77.33 ± 3.79	73-80	1.138^a	0.258	NS
Present	63.51 ± 20.92	24.7-112	1.138^a	0.258	NS
Irregular pleural margin
Absent	69.15 ± 22.84	24.7-112	1.525^a	0.131	NS
Present	61.84 ± 19.58	26-100	1.525^a	0.131	NS
Septal, subpleural lines
Absent	68 ± 21.7	26-100	1.926^a	0.057	NS
Present	59.66 ± 18.94	24.7-112	1.926^a	0.057	NS
Honeycombing
Absent	68.51 ± 21.01	26-112	2.131^a	0.036	S
Present	59.33 ± 19.59	24.7-100	2.131^a	0.036	S
Subpleural cyst
Absent	72.02 ± 16.27	34.4-100	3.517^a	0.001	HS
Present	57.4 ± 21.78	24.7-112	3.517^a	0.001	HS

GGO ground glass opacity, FVC forced vital capacity, P value > 0.05: non-significant; P value < 0.05: significant; P value < 0.01: highly significant
^aIndependent t test