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. 2019 Sep 18;20:212. doi: 10.1186/s12931-019-1183-y

Table 3.

Change in lung function and BMI over time (post-lung resection) in lobectomised PCD patients (n = 39) and controls (n = 43)

Outcome Group Intercept (95% CI) p-value Change per year (95% CI) p-value*
FVC Z score Lobectomised −1.00 0.489 −0.037 0.047
(−2.17, −0.17) (−0.09, 0.01)
Controls −0.75 −0.009
(−1.20, − 0.29) (− 0.03, 0.01)
FEV1 Z score Lobectomised −1.47 0.346 − 0.052 0.235
(−2.65, −0.28) (− 0.10, 0.00)
Controls −1.12 −0.033
(−0.05, − 0.02)
(−1.58, −0.66)
BMI Z score Lobectomised −0.44 0.790 0.024 0.507
(−1.49, 0.61) (−0.02, 0.07)
Controls −0.35 0.015
(−0.74, 0.04) (−0.002, 0.03)

* P value for interaction, testing whether the relationship between independent variables (FVC, FEV1, BMI) and time is different between Lobectomised and Controls