Table 5.
21 ROIs | Healthy Subjects | Nonsevere Asthmatic Subjects | Severe Asthmatic Subjects | Kruskal-Wallis Tests (P value) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Trachea | 0.551 ± 0.06 | 0.563 ± 0.08 | 0.590 ± 0.10 | <0.05‡ |
RMB | 0.431 ± 0.08 | 0.435 ± 0.10 | 0.430 ± 0.09 | 0.947 |
TriRUL | 0.237 ± 0.05 | 0.243 ± 0.08 | 0.244 ± 0.08 | 0.933 |
BronInt | 0.265 ± 0.04 | 0.264 ± 0.04 | 0.283 ± 0.05 | 0.062 |
RB4 + 5 | 0.157 ± 0.03 | 0.152 ± 0.03 | 0.152 ± 0.03 | 0.486 |
RLL7 | 0.203 ± 0.04 | 0.194 ± 0.04 | 0.197 ± 0.04 | 0.202 |
TriRLL | 0.175 ± 0.03 | 0.167 ± 0.03 | 0.167 ± 0.03 | 0.295 |
RB9 + 10 | 0.153 ± 0.03 | 0.143 ± 0.03 | 0.143 ± 0.03 | 0.197 |
sRUL | 0.126 ± 0.02 | 0.119 ± 0.02 | 0.125 ± 0.03 | 0.122 |
sRML | 0.108 ± 0.02 | 0.100 ± 0.02 | 0.100 ± 0.02 | 0.061 |
sRLL | 0.118 ± 0.02 | 0.108 ± 0.02 | 0.110 ± 0.02 | <0.05* |
LMB | 0.285 ± 0.05 | 0.295 ± 0.06 | 0.313 ± 0.06 | <0.05‡ |
TriLUL | 0.289 ± 0.11 | 0.254 ± 0.07 | 0.261 ± 0.09 | 0.212 |
LB1 + 2 +3 | 0.188 ± 0.05 | 0.191 ± 0.04 | 0.186 ± 0.04 | 0.762 |
LB1 + 2 | 0.132 ± 0.03 | 0.128 ± 0.03 | 0.143 ± 0.06 | 0.329 |
LB4 + 5 | 0.171 ± 0.04 | 0.154 ± 0.03 | 0.162 ± 0.05 | 0.105 |
LLB6 | 0.251 ± 0.06 | 0.247 ± 0.06 | 0.252 ± 0.07 | 0.822 |
TriLLB | 0.198 ± 0.04 | 0.184 ± 0.03 | 0.188 ± 0.04 | 0.055 |
LB9 + 10 | 0.186 ± 0.04 | 0.167 ± 0.03 | 0.168 ± 0.04 | <0.05* |
sLUL | 0.098 ± 0.01 | 0.092 ± 0.02 | 0.097 ± 0.02 | 0.051 |
sLLL | 0.135 ± 0.02 | 0.126 ± 0.03 | 0.127 ± 0.03 | 0.069 |
Values are means ± SD.
P < 0.05 for healthy subjects vs. nonsevere asthmatic subjects.
P < 0.05 for nonsevere asthmatic subjects vs. severe asthmatic subjects.
P < 0.05 for healthy subjects vs. severe asthmatic subjects.