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. 2019 May 23;20:101. doi: 10.1186/s12931-019-1049-3

Table 3.

Pearson r correlations between CT metrics and FEV1, FEV1/FVC, ESI scores

FEV1/FVC FEV1% ESI
r p r p r p
%LAA-950insp −0.67 <.01 −0.50 <.01 0.81 <.01
%LAA-856exp −0.71 <.01 −0.58 <.01 0.74 <.01
AWTPi10 −0.11 .11 −0.22 <.01 0.13 .09
%fLDA −0.49 <.01 −0.42 <.01 0.46 <.01
%pLDA −0.68 <.01 −0.52 <.01 0.80 <.01

Legend: AWTPi10 airway wall thickness at an internal perimeter of 10 mm, ESI emphysema severity index, FEV1% forced expiratory volume in 1 s, %fLDA percentage of functional low density area, FVC forced vital capacity, % LAA-950insp percentage of lung attenuation area with values <− 950 Hounsfield Units at inspiratory CT scan, %LAA-856exp percentage of lung attenuation area with values <− 856 Hounsfield Units at expiratory CT scan, %pLDA percentage of persistent low density area