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.