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. 2017 Sep 15;7:11726. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-11337-3

Table 2.

Correlation analysis between insulin resistance and lung function in participants.

Insulin Total population No-asthma group Asthma group P value for interaction
r P value r P value r P value
FVC 0.02246 (−0.0227, 0.0675) 0.3622 0.013 (−0.0349, 0.0608) 0.6145 −0.04 (−0.1738, 0.0953) 0.5528 0.4472
FVC% predicted −0.13069 (−0.1748, −0.0861) <0.0001 −0.138 (−0.1846, −0.0907) <0.0001 −0.107 (−0.2383, 0.0282) 0.175 0.7497
FEV1 0.00286 (−0.0422, 0.048) 0.9122 −0.007 (−0.0548, 0.0409) 0.8077 −0.028 (−0.1621, 0.1072) 0.6549 0.7504
FEV1% predicted −0.07418 (−0.1189, −0.0292) 0.004 −0.092 (−0.1393, −0.0443) 0.0019 0 (−0.1348, 0.1348) 0.9981 0.2927
FEV1/FVC ratio −0.05889 (−0.1037, −0.0138) 0.019 −0.061 (−0.1096, −0.0132) 0.0269 0.031 (−0.1042, 0.1651) 0.6889 0.3393
HOMA-IR r P value r P value r P value P value for interaction
FVC 0.00736 (−0.0378, 0.0524) 0.7641 0.032 (−0.0159, 0.0797) 0.2241 −0.053 (−0.1864, 0.0823) 0.4191 0.224
FVC% predicted −0.13301 (−0.177, −0.0884) <0.0001 −0.128 (−0.1748, −0.0806) <0.0001 −0.162 (−0.2904, −0.0279) 0.0313 0.6112
FEV1 −0.0085 (−0.0536, 0.0366) 0.7423 0.007 (−0.0409, 0.0548) 0.8074 −0.033 (−0.167, 0.1022) 0.6024 0.5597
FEV1% predicted −0.07843 (−0.1231, −0.0334) 0.0025 −0.084 (−0.1313, −0.0363) 0.0041 −0.025 (−0.1592, 0.1101) 0.7272 0.5217
FEV1/FVC ratio −0.04549 (−0.0904,−0.0004) 0.0744 −0.081 (−0.1284, −0.0333) 0.0026 0.049 (−0.0863, 0.1825) 0.5216 0.1724

r, correlation coefficient; HOMA-IR, homeostasis model of assessment of insulin resistance; FVC, forced vital capacity; FEV1, forced expiratory volume in 1 second.