Table 2.
HF | HM | C1 | C2 | C3 | C3a | C3b | C4 | C4a | C4b | |
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Demography | ||||||||||
Sex | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Female | Female | Male | Male | Male |
Age (years) | 29 | 28 | 20 | 52 | 49 | 38 | 23 | 51 | 58 | 51 |
Weight (kg) | 61.5 | 99 | 58.6 | 111.8 | 85.1 | 106.8 | 72.3 | 103 | 116.3 | 88.5 |
Asthma severity | N/A | N/A | Nonsevere | Nonsevere | Severe | Severe | Severe | Severe | Severe | Severe |
Key imaging-based features of the selected subjects | ||||||||||
J(Total) | 2.0 | 2.4 | 3.3 (↑) | 1.8 (↓) | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.4 (↓) | 1.7 (↓) | 1.7 (↓) |
Dh* (sLLL) | 0.35 | 0.38 | 0.37 | 0.24 (↓) | 0.43 | 0.34 | 0.35 | 0.23 (↓) | 0.30 (↓) | 0.30 (↓) |
CFD flow inlet conditions at PI | ||||||||||
IC (L) | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
QPI (L/min) | 50.2 | 66.7 | 60.2 | 50.5 | 53.3 | 48.5 | 63.4 | 35.8 | 57.1 | 50.5 |
Dh* (trachea) | 1.17 | 0.99 | 0.88 | 0.94 | 1.23 | 1.07 | 1.11 | 0.97 | 0.85 | 1 |
Retrachea | 4364 | 5364 | 6647 | 3905 | 3894 | 4047 | 5323 | 2742 | 4881 | 3715 |
Sex was considered when selecting subjects to eliminate sex bias. Arrows ↑ and ↓ in parentheses denote increase and decrease, respectively, of cluster-mean J(Total) and Dh*(sLLL) in comparison with healthy subjects with a significance level of p < 0.001.
CFD, computational fluid dynamics; Dh*, normalized hydraulic diameter; HF, healthy female; IC, inspiratory capacity; J, Jacobian determinant; PI, peak inspiration; QPI, maximum volumetric flow rate at peak inspiration; Re, Reynolds number.