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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Respir Med. 2015 Jun 24;109(8):1058–1062. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2015.06.012

Table A1.

Association with intra-test difference in pulmonary function after bronchodilator

Difference in FVC with BD Difference in FEV1 with BD
Predictors Coefficient 95% CI p-value Coefficient 95% CI p-value
Age −0.001 −0.002 to 0 0.06 −0.003 −0.007 to 0.002 0.27
Male gender 0.024 0.005 to 0.043 0.01 −0.005 −0.092 to 0.081 0.90
Smoking 0.016 −0.03 to 0.035 0.09 −0.027 −0.112 to 0.059 0.54
Asthma −0.008 −0.039 to 0.023 0.61 −0.005 −0.15 to 0.14 0.94
COPD −0.001 −.025 to 0.024 0.94 −0.014 −0.125 to 0.097 0.80
Bronchodilator 0.003 −0.016 to 0.022 0.74 0.012 −0.073 to 0.098 0.77
ICS −0.005 −0.028 to 0.017 0.63 0.009 −0.093 to 0.111 0.86
LTOT 0.014 −0.04 to 0.032 0.13 −0.043 −0.126 to 0.039 0.30
Cough −0.012 −0.048 to 0.024 0.51 −0.032 −0.138 to 0.074 0.55
Crackles 0.019 −0.027 to 0.065 0.83 0.017 −0.197 to 0.23 0.87
Wheezing 0.061 0.014 to 0.107 0.01 0.023 −0.194 to 0.024 0.83

Abbreviations: BD, bronchodilators; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; FVC, forced vital capacity; FEV1, forced expiratory volume in one second; ICS, inhaled corticosteroids; LTOT, long-term oxygen therapy.