Table 3.
Pearson correlation and ICC between the spirometric values obtained with the two spirometers, for each of the four patient subsets, namely: asthma, COPD, restrictive and normal
Pearson correlation | ICC | ||
---|---|---|---|
Asthma | FEV1(L) | 0.979 | 0.979 |
FVC (L) | 0.972 | 0.969 | |
FEV1/FVC | 0.906 | 0.898 | |
FEF25–75% | 0.943 | 0.943 | |
PEF (L/sec) | 0.965 | 0.963 | |
MEF25% | 0.836 | 0.835 | |
MEF50% | 0.930 | 0.929 | |
MEF75% | 0.963 | 0.959 | |
COPD | FEV1(L) | 0.968 | 0.967 |
FVC (L) | 0.924 | 0.914 | |
FEV1/FVC | 0.914 | 0.916 | |
FEF25–75% | 0.960 | 0.96 | |
PEF (L/sec) | 0.926 | 0.925 | |
MEF25% | 0.915 | 0.89 | |
MEF50% | 0.961 | 0.959 | |
MEF75% | 0.950 | 0.949 | |
Restrictive | FEV1(L) | 0.946 | 0.946 |
FVC (L) | 0.947 | 0.942 | |
FEV1/FVC | 0.943 | 0.937 | |
FEF25–75% | 0.903 | 0.895 | |
PEF (L/sec) | 0.850 | 0.85 | |
MEF25% | 0.730 | 0.725 | |
MEF50% | 0.912 | 0.905 | |
MEF75% | 0.887 | 0.884 | |
Normal | FEV1(L) | 0.971 | 0.968 |
FVC (L) | 0.975 | 0.974 | |
FEV1/FVC | 0.900 | 0.899 | |
FEF25–75% | 0.902 | 0.898 | |
PEF (L/sec) | 0.914 | 0.914 | |
MEF25% | 0.914 | 0.908 | |
MEF50% | 0.857 | 0.856 | |
MEF75% | 0.918 | 0.917 |
*for all metrics p < 0.001