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The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology

Table 3 Markers of small airway dysfunction in the studied COPD patient’s groups

From: Relationship between airway inflammation, small airway dysfunction, and frequency of acute exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

 

Infrequent exacerbators (IFE) (n = 14)

Mean ± SD

Frequent exacerbators (FE) (n = 16)

Mean ± SD

T

P

%MEF 25-75

30.36 ± 16.37

19 ± 12.06

2.181

0.038*

RV/ TLC

49.5 ± 9.53

56.88 ± 8.15

2.286

0.030*

%DLCO

69.93 ± 19.67

68.13 ± 28.5

0.199

0.844

MLD (E/I ratio)

0.96 ± 0.03

0.97 ± 0.03

0.766

0.450

  1. *P value is less than 0.05
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