Table 4.
Microbial factors at inclusion associated with the average change of ppFEV1 during the 2-year follow-up in the mixed linear model.
| Microorganisms | Type of Colonisation (Number of Patients) | β Coefficient |
95%CI | p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. pneumoniae | Transient (17) | 10.92 | 0.45; 21.40 | 0.04 |
| non-pneumoniae Streptococcus species | Transient (33) | −13.62 | −25.12; −2.12 | 0.02 |
| A. xylosoxidans | Transient (3) | −3.61 | −26.95; −2.30 | 0.06 |
| Chronic (13) | −14.62 | −32.08; 24.86 | ||
| S. maltophilia | Transient (22) | −11.93 | −21.38; −2.49 | 0.02 |
| Chronic (8) | −11.02 | −26.83; 4.79 | ||
| P. aeruginosa (non-mucoid strains) | Transient (53) | −7.54 | −14.30; −0.79 | 0.01 |
| Chronic (70) | −9.63 | −16.61; −2.65 | ||
| P. aeruginosa (mucoid strains) | Transient (26) | −18.26 | −27.20; −9.31 | <0.0001 |
| Chronic (90) | −10.41 | −16.96; −3.87 | ||
| C. albicans | Transient (79) | −5.12 | −11.17; 0.93 | <0.01 |
| Chronic (85) | −10.26 | −16.50; −4.02 |