Table 3.
Longitudinal association between PEF/predicted PEF % and deterioration of sensory impairments.
| Quartile 1 | Quartile 2 | Quartile 3 | Quartile 4 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95% CI) | P value | OR (95% CI) | P value | OR (95% CI) | P value | P for trend | |||
| The transition of Non-SI | |||||||||
| Non-SI to Single SI | |||||||||
| PEF | |||||||||
| Mode 0 | 1.000 (reference) | 1.043 (0.696, 1.562) | 0.839 | 0.849 (0.575, 1.255) | 0.412 | 0.639 (0.429, 0.952) | 0.028* | 0.860 (0.758, 0.976) | 0.019* |
| Mode 1 | 1.000 (reference) | 0.984 (0.647, 1.495) | 0.938 | 0.878 (0.575, 1.342) | 0.549 | 0.759 (0.473, 1.218) | 0.253 | 0.913 (0.784, 1.064) | 0.244 |
| Mode 2 | 1.000 (reference) | 0.974 (0.634, 1.494) | 0.903 | 0.850 (0.550, 1.313) | 0.463 | 0.773 (0.475, 1.258) | 0.300 | 0.915 (0.782, 1.070) | 0.265 |
| PEF % predicted | |||||||||
| Mode 0 | 1.000 (reference) | 1.043 (0.698, 1.559) | 0.837 | 1.000 (0.669, 1.494) | 1.000 | 0.764 (0.513, 1.139) | 0.187 | 0.918 (0.809, 1.042) | 0.186 |
| Mode 1 | 1.000 (reference) | 1.073 (0.704, 1.636) | 0.743 | 1.027 (0.663, 1.590) | 0.906 | 0.942 (0.581, 1.526) | 0.808 | 0.981 (0.841, 1.144) | 0.807 |
| Mode 2 | 1.000 (reference) | 0.943 (0.537, 1.657) | 0.840 | 0.802 (0.370, 1.738) | 0.577 | 0.724 (0.262, 2.000) | 0.534 | 0.889 (0.639, 1.236) | 0.484 |
| Non-SI to DSI | |||||||||
| PEF | |||||||||
| Mode 0 | 1.000 (reference) | 0.801 (0.549, 1.170) | 0.251 | 0.769 (0.526, 1.125) | 0.176 | 0.534 (0.370, 0.772) | 0.001* | 0.824 (0.733, 0.926) | 0.001* |
| Mode 1 | 1.000 (reference) | 0.832 (0.564, 1.226) | 0.352 | 0.851 (0.573, 1.263) | 0.423 | 0.642 (0.429, 0.961) | 0.031* | 0.877 (0.771, 0.997) | 0.046* |
| Mode 2 | 1.000 (reference) | 0.841 (0.564, 1.254) | 0.395 | 0.844 (0.560, 1.272) | 0.418 | 0.609 (0.397, 0.933) | 0.023* | 0.862 (0.751, 0.988) | 0.033* |
| PEF % predicted | |||||||||
| Mode 0 | 1.000 (reference) | 0.882 (0.603, 1.290) | 0.518 | 0.898 ([0.614, 1.315) | 0.582 | 0.631 (0.434, 0.917) | 0.016* | 0.871 (0.773, 0.981) | 0.022* |
| Mode 1 | 1.000 (reference) | 0.860 (0.582, 1.270) | 0.447 | 0.937 (0.631, 1.390) | 0.745 | 0.753 (0.492, 1.151) | 0.190 | 0.929 (0.812, 1.062) | 0.281 |
| Mode 2 | 1.000 (reference) | 0.835 (0.559, 1.248) | 0.379 | 0.913 (0.610, 1.369) | 0.661 | 0.686 (0.443, 1.063) | 0.092 | 0.907 (0.792, 1.040) | 0.161 |
| The transition of Single SI | |||||||||
| Single SI to DSI | |||||||||
| PEF | |||||||||
| Mode 0 | 1.000 (reference) | 0.965 (0.770, 1.210) | 0.758 | 0.911 (0.715, 1.161) | 0.451 | 0.764 (0.608, 0.960) | 0.021* | 0.916 (0.852, 0.985) | 0.018* |
| Mode 1 | 1.000 (reference) | 0.993 (0.788, 1.251) | 0.949 | 1.003 (0.779, 1.293) | 0.979 | 0.841 (0.647, 1.093) | 0.194 | 0.951 (0.874, 1.034) | 0.242 |
| Mode 2 | 1.000 (reference) | 1.023 (0.808, 1.296) | 0.850 | 1.046 (0.807, 1.356) | 0.734 | 0.908 (0.693, 1.190) | 0.485 | 0.974 (0.893, 1.063) | 0.558 |
| PEF % predicted | |||||||||
| Mode 0 | 1.000 (reference) | 0.799 (0.631, 1.012) | 0.062 | 0.730 (0.577, 0.924) | 0.009* | 0.725 (0.573, 0.917) | 0.007* | 0.901 (0.837, 0.970) | 0.006* |
| Mode 1 | 1.000 (reference) | 0.738 (0.536, 1.017) | 0.063 | 0.648 (0.416, 1.010) | 0.055 | 0.609 (0.353, 1.049) | 0.074 | 0.867 (0.727, 1.033) | 0.111 |
| Mode 2 | 1.000 (reference) | 0.734 (0.531, 1.015) | 0.062 | 0.642 (0.410, 1.005) | 0.052 | 0.608 (0.350, 1.055) | 0.077 | 0.866 (0.724, 1.036) | 0.115 |
Model 0: Model 0: Unadjusted for any variables.
Model 1: Adjusted for age, gender, alcohol consumption, smoking, marital status, education level, place of residence, and body mass index (BMI) Model 2: Further adjusted for hypertension, dyslipidemia, heart disease, stroke, lung disease, and diabetes, in addition to the adjustments in Model 1.
PEF peak expiratory flow, Non-SI non-sensory impairment, SSI single sensory impairment, DSI dual sensory impairment.
*p < 0.05.