6MWT |
Six-Minute Walk Test |
ACT |
Asthma Control Test |
ANOVA |
Analysis of variance |
AQLQ |
Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire |
ATS |
American Thoracic Society |
AX |
Area of reactance |
BD |
Bronchodilation |
COPD |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
ERS |
European Respiratory Society |
FeNO |
Fraction of exhaled nitric oxide |
FEF25–75% |
Forced expiratory flow at 25–75% |
FEV1 |
Forced expiratory volume in the first second |
FOT |
Forced oscillometry technique |
Fres |
Frequency of resonance |
FVC |
Forced vital capacity |
GINA |
Global Initiative for Asthma |
HRCT |
High-resolution computerized tomography |
ICS |
Inhaled corticosteroids |
IgE |
Immunoglobulin E |
IL4α |
Interleukin 4 receptor alpha |
IL5 |
Interleukin 5 |
IL5Rα |
Interleukin 5 receptor alpha |
IOS |
Impulse oscillometry technique |
LABA |
Long-acting beta ggonists |
mMRC |
Modified Medical Research Council Dyspnea Scale |
MBNW |
Multiple breath nitrogen washout |
MRI |
Magnetic resonance imaging |
PET |
Positron emission tomography |
RV |
Residual volume |
SBNW |
Single breath nitrogen washout |
SAD |
Small airway dysfunction |
SF-12 |
12-Item Short Form Health Survey |
SNOT22 |
Sino-Nasal Outcome Test-22 |
SPECT |
Single-photon emission computed tomography |
SVC |
Slow vital capacity |
TSLP |
Thymic stromal lymphopoietin |
TLC |
Total lung capacity |
X5 |
Reactance at 5 hertz |
ΔX5in-esp |
Difference in X5 between inspiration and expiration |
R5–R19/20 |
Resistance at 5–19/20 hertz |