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. 2020 Apr 6;21:79. doi: 10.1186/s12931-020-01341-z

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