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. 2020 Mar 13;46(3):e20190102. doi: 10.36416/1806-3756/e20190102

Table 3. Proportion of agreement, expressed by k statistic different measures of asthma control in children and adolescents.

ACT Spirometric index Completed 6MWT 6MWT%ROC-curve
GINA k= 0.563 k= 0.144 k= 0.127 k= 0.67
p<0.001 p= 0.091 p= 0.002 p= 0.026
ACT k= 0.096 k= 0.234 k= 0.196
p= 0.212 p<0.001 p= 0.021
Spirometric index k= 0.017 k= 0.015
p= 0.689 p= 0.839
Completed 6MWT k= 0.318
p<0.001

GINA: Global Initiative for Asthma questionnaire; ACT: Asthma Control Test; Spirometric index: composed by VEF1, VEF1/FVC and FEF25-75%; Completed 6MWT: Completed Six-minute-walk-test regardless of the distance walked; 6MWT % Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC)- curve: classification based on ROC-curve values of percentage-predicted distance walked in 6MWT.