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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2013 Feb 21;132(1):55–62. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2013.01.007

TABLE III.

PACCI discriminant properties: trend in mean values (95% CIs) of C-ACT and PACQLQ across PACCI categories by using ANOVA

Mean value of validated
measure (95% CI)
PACCI categories P value
Controlled (n = 125) Partly controlled (n = 80) Uncontrolled (n = 81) Poorly controlled (n = 31)
ACT/C-ACT score
  English* (n = 265) 22.9 (22.2–23.5) 18.4 (17.5–19.3) 15.6 (14.6–16.5) 13.1 (11.8–14.5) <.0001
  <5 y (n = 75) 22.7 (21.5–24) 19 (17.8–20.3) 15.7 (14.1–17.3) 13.4 (8.8–18) <.0001
  5–11 y (n = 119) 23.2 (22.4–24) 19 (17.8–20.3) 15.6 (14.3–16.8) 14.7 (13–16.3) <.0001
  ≥12 y (n = 71) 22.6 (21.6–23.7) 17.6 (15.9–19.2) 15.3 (13.6–17.1) 12.3 (9.9–14.6) <.0001
  African American (n = 134) 22.1 (21.1–23.1) 17.8 (16.6–19) 14.9 (13.7–16) 13 (10.9–15.1) <.0001
  White (n = 99) 23.5 (22.4–24.5) 20.1 (18.5–21.7) 16.7 (15.1–18.4) 13.6 (11.8–15.3) <.0001
  Spanish (n = 52) 23.3 (22.4–24.3) 19.9 (18.5–21.4) 15.4 (13.1–17.7) 20.3 (18.9–21.7) <.0001
PACQLQ score
  All patients* (n = 265) 6.4 (6.2–6.5) 5.2 (4.9–5.5) 4.8 (4.5–5.1) 4.6 (4.2–5.1) <.0001
  <5 y (n = 75) 6.2 (5.9–6.5) 5.1 (4.6–5.5) 4.4 (4–4.9) 5.4 (4.5–6.2) .0001
  5–11 y (n = 119) 6.2 (6–6.4) 5.4 (4.9–5.8) 4.6 (4.1–5) 4.7 (4.3–5.1) <.0001
  ≥12 y (n = 71) 6.6 (6.4–6.9) 5.2 (4.6–5.8) 5.1 (4.7–5.6) 4.5 (3.4–5.7) <.0001
  African American (n = 134) 6.2 (5.9–6.5) 5 (4.6–5.4) 4.5 (4.2–4.9) 4.5 (3.8–5.2) <.0001
  White (n = 99) 6.6 (6.4–6.7) 5.6 (5.3–6) 5.1 (4.6–5.5) 4.8 (4.4–5.2) <.0001
  Spanish (n = 52) 5.9 (5.5–6.4) 5.5 (4.5–6.4) 3.4 (2.6–4.1) 6.3 (5.6–7) .0001
FEV1 (% predicted)
  Overall (n = 118) 0.90 (0.85–0.94) 0.88 (0.81–0.96) 0.88 (0.79–0.96) 0.84 (0.71–0.96) .84
  English* (n = 79) 0.88 (0.82–0.94) 0.84 (0.74–0.93) 0.86 (0.77–0.96) 0.79 (0.69–0.9) .72
  5–11 y (n = 50) 0.84 (0.78–0.9) 0.82 (0.63–1) 0.82 (0.73–0.91) 0.82 (0.71–0.93) .98
  ≥12 y (n = 29) 0.97 (0.86–1.08) 0.85 (0.75–0.95) 0.96 (0.73–1.19) 0.62 .31
  African American (n = 38) 0.83 (0.77–0.89) 0.75 (0.62–0.88) 0.76 (0.70–0.82) 0.81 (0.65–0.97) .55
  White (n = 33) 0.94 (0.84–1.04) 0.97 (0.88–1.06) 1.08 (0.92–1.24) 0.78 (0.64–0.93) .14
  Spanish (n = 39) 0.92 (0.85–0.99) 0.97 (0.88–1.06) 0.92 (0.77–1.07) 0.98 .79
FEV1/FVC ratio
  Overall (n = 118) 0.90 (0.87–0.93) 0.88 (0.83–0.92) 0.86 (0.82–0.90) 0.85 (0.74–0.96) .33
  English* (n = 79) 0.85 (0.82–0.88) 0.83 (0.79–0.88) 0.85 (0.81–0.89) 0.82 (0.73–0.91) .86
  5–11 y (n = 50) 0.85 (0.81–0.89) 0.84 (0.75–0.92) 0.84 (0.79–0.88) 0.86 (0.79–0.92) .96
  ≥12 y (n = 29) 0.84 (0.79–0.89) 0.83 (0.78–0.88) 0.88 (0.81–0.95) 0.58 .04
  African American (n = 38) 0.86 (0.81–0.9) 0.8 (0.73–0.87) 0.84 (0.78–0.89) 0.79 (0.62–0.96) .58
  White (n = 33) 0.85 (0.81–0.89) 0.85 (0.81–0.9) 0.87 (0.8–0.94) 0.84 (0.75–0.93) .94
  Spanish (n = 39) 1.00 (0.96–1.04) 0.97 (0.90–1.04) 0.89 (0.81–0.98) 0.96 .12
*

Refers to all patients who completed the English version of the PACCI.

Includes both English- and Spanish-speaking patients who performed spirometry.

No CI is presented because there was only 1 patient in this category.