Table 4.

Correlation of Some PFT Measurements with Different Demographic and Clinical Characteristics

Variables		FeNO	HT	WBCs Count	Platelet Count	ESR	CRP	D-Dimer	Anti-Viral Therapy	Steroid
TLC %PRED	r	0.279	0.295	−0.151	−0.008	0.049	0.337	−0.025	0.218	−0.018
	p	0.055	0.194	0.515	0.973	0.837	0.146	0.921	0.343	0.937
FVC %PRED	r	0.096	0.083	−0.247	−0.125	0.030	0.136	−0.179	0.435	0.109
	p	0.498	0.720	0.280	0.589	0.899	0.567	0.478	0.049	0.638
DLCO %PRED	r	0.108	0.168	−0.097	−0.097	0.009	0.435	−0.410	−0.014	−0.178
	p	0.468	0.492	0.692	0.692	0.972	0.071	0.115	0.954	0.465

Note: Data in bold indicates significant correlation (p< 0.05).

Abbreviations: r, Pearson’s correlation coefficient; FVC, forced vital capacity; TLC, total lung capacity; DL_CO, diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide; CRP, C-reactive protein; ESR, Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; FeNO, fractional exhaled nitric oxide; HT, Hospitalization time; %PRED, percentage of predicted normal value.