. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 3.

Published in final edited form as: Psychosom Med. 2008 Mar 31;70(3):356–362. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181656a5a

Table 3.

Linear regression model coefficients and 95% Confidence Intervals (CI), showing associations between Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) and WRAML and K-BIT subscales^# (N=165)

		K-BIT			WRAML
	Matrices	Vocabulary	Composite	Verbal	Visual	Learning
	Estimate (95% CI)	Estimate (95% CI)	Estimate (95% CI)	Estimate (95% CI)	Estimate (95% CI)	Estimate (95% CI)
% predicted FVC (standard variables) ^##	0.23 (.07, .39)^**	0.10 (−.06, .27)	0.19 (.05, .33)^**	0.12 (−.04, .29)	0.18 (.00, .35)^**	0.21 (.02, .39)^**
% predicted FVC (adjust above + smoke)	0.21 (.05, .37)^**	0.10 (−.07, .26)	0.17 (.03, .31)^**	0.12 (−.05, .28)	0.18 (.00, .36)^**	0.19 (.00, .38)^**
% predicted FVC (adjust above + birthweight + height)	0.21 (.04, .37)^**	0.10 (−.07, .26)	0.17 (.03, .31)^**	0.12 (−.04, .28)	0.18 (.00, .36)^**	0.19 (.00, .38)^**
% predicted FVC (adjust above + asthma + allergy)	0.21 (.05, .37)^**	0.10 (−.06, .27)	0.18 (.04, .32)^**	0.12 (−.04, .29)	0.19 (.01, .37)^**	0.19 (.00, .39)^**
% predicted FVC (adjust above + LRI ^¶ ) (N=159)	0.22 (.05, .39)^**	0.09 (−.08, .25)	0.17 (.03, .32)^**	0.13 (−.04, .29)	0.20 (.01, .38)^**	0.19 (.00, .39)^**
% predicted FVC (adjust above + lead) (N=145)	0.27 (.09, .44)^**	0.06 (−.12, .23)	0.18 (.03, .33)^**	0.12 (−.06, .29)	0.22 (.02, .42)^**	0.22 (.01, .43)^**

Each line is a separate regression model cumulatively adjusting for covariates defined in the previous model. All models adjusted for standard control variables: age, gender race and mothers education

^##

Effect estimates reflect the change in K-BIT and WRAML subscale scores for a one unit change in the percent predicted FVC

p-value<0.10

^**

p-value<0 .05

^¶

LRI denotes the number of lower respiratory tract illnesses reported for the child prior to the age of 2.