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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Invest Radiol. 2012 Oct;47(10):596–602. doi: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e318262292e

Table 5b.

Multiple regression analysis for % Expiratory LAAE-856: Tracheal Air Correction

Source bSD* 95% CI P
Mean Tracheal Air Attenuation −1.76 −3.75, 0.22 0.08
FRC CT 2.00 0.57, 3.42 0.007 *
Age 2.45 1.02, 3.89 0.001 *
Sex 0.89 −1.85, 3.63 0.52
BMI 0.18 −1.21, 1.58 0.80
Scanner model NA NA <0.001 *

The arc sine transformations of the actual percentages for % Expiratory LAAE-856 were analyzed (30).

Residual plots demonstrated that the regression model using the transformed values was appropriate.

*

First-order coefficient that represents the change per SD change in predictor variable.

95% confidence interval.

Females compared to males.