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. 2014 May 18;15(1):59. doi: 10.1186/1465-9921-15-59

Table 3.

Physiological parameters in patients with and without chronic bacterial colonisation

  Non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis
Cystic fibrosis
No chronic colonisation
Chronic colonisation
No chronic PsA colonisation
Chronic PsA colonisation
(n = 26) (n = 17) (n = 25) (n = 15)
FEV1 (% pred.)
86.1 (5.3)
75.6 (4.9)
69.7 (4.5)
59.6 (4.5)
FVC (% pred.)
101.7 (4.6)
87.5 (4.1)#
86.9 (3.6)
80.6 (5.5)
FEV1/FVC (%)
68.6 (2.4)
68.1 (2.4)
67.1 (2.5)
63.9 (2.5)
TLC (% pred.)
95.3 (3.1)
93.9 (4.0)
-
-
LCI
10.02 (0.36)
9.95 (0.57)
12.29 (0.72)
14.44 (0.85)
LCIvent
1.42 (0.03)
1.41 (0.05)
1.59 (0.05)
1.75 (0.05)
LCIds
1.27 (0.02)
1.26 (0.03)
1.34 (0.03)
1.49 (0.04)##
Scond (L‒1)
0.058 (0.010)
0.072 (0.010)
0.122 (0.010)
0.132 (0.018)
Sacin (L‒1)
0.429 (0.053)
0.288 (0.038)
0.438 (0.070)
0.611 (0.093)
Scond* (L‒1)
0.102 (0.014)
0.115 (0.016)
0.284 (0.034)
0.294 (0.051)
Sacin* (L‒1) 0.412 (0.053) 0.268 (0.041) 0.376 (0.068) 0.553 (0.092)

PsA = Pseudomonas aeruginosa; FEV1 = forced expiratory volume in one second; FVC = forced vital capacity; TLC = total lung capacity; LCI = lung clearance index; LCIvent = specific ventilation inequality component of lung clearance index; LCIds = dead space component of lung clearance index. Data expressed as mean (standard error). Colonised and non-colonised groups within each disease cohort compared using Student’s T test. Significant differences between groups denoted #(p < 0.05) or ##(p < 0.01).