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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 21.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Infect Dis. 2019 Mar 5;82:66–72. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2019.02.039

Table 4.

Results of linear regression analysis for spirometric measures of air flow among post-treatment tuberculosis subjects (n = 58).

Variable Pulmonary function testa SQRG total scorea,b
FEV1% predictedc FVC% predictedc FEV1/FVC PEF
Age, years −0.87** −0.88** −0.31* −1.00** 1.19**
Male −2.58 −9.0 0.31 1.74 2.94
Follow-up BMI −0.09 −0.39 0.17 0.57 −0.24
Tobacco use −0.23 −0.14 −1.65 −1.82 4.00
Alcohol use −17.22 −13.89 −8.81* −7.75 −8.76
Hepatitis C −24.49 −10.03 −16.14* −26.27 7.17
Prior TB −16.83* −12.28* −7.70* −18.31* 12.04
Baseline resistance
 Pre-XDR/XDR −1.11 2.49 −1.98 7.94 −4.45
Initial CXR
 Bilateral −13.66* −9.89 −6.99* −13.97 0.92
Follow-up CXR
 Fibrosis −18.7** −18.5** −5.47 −19.44* 13.99
 Cirrhosis −13.8 −9.70 −7.78* −12.08 26.66**
 Bronchiectasis −39.7** −36.36** −11.34* −30.32** 11.60
 Pleural adhesions −9.19 −5.61 −4.66 −12.86 −0.50
Surgery
 Yes 14.74* 14.78* 5.23 13.32 −11.78
 Segmentectomy 14.0 5.53 6.83 15.00 6.88

SGRQ, St. George Respiratory Questionnaire; FVC, forced vital capacity; FEV1, forced expiratory volume; PEF, peak expiratory flow; BMI, body mass index; TB, tuberculosis; CXR, chest radiography; XDR, extensively drug-resistant.

a

Significant at

*

p ≤ 0.05,

**

p ≤ 0.01.

b

Controlled for age and sex.

c

Standardized for age, sex, and height.