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. 2022 Nov 11;23:309. doi: 10.1186/s12931-022-02113-7

Table 2.

Correlation between CT parameters and pulmonary function indices

FEV1 FEV1% pred FVC FEV1/FVC VC% DLco% RV/TLC
EI − 0.17 (0.02) − 0.22 (0.002) 0.22 (0.002) − 0.51 (< 0.001) 0.15 (0.04) − 0.17 (0.02) 0.28 (< 0.001)
ATI − 0.16 (0.03) − 0.22 (0.002) 0.04 (0.58) − 0.28 (< 0.001) − 0.01 (0.94) − 0.17 (0.02) 0.25 (< 0.001)
Inspiratory MLD − 0.05 (0.51) 0.005 (0.95) − 0.32 (< 0.001) 0.29 (< 0.001) − 0.27 (< 0.001) 0.05 (0.48) − 0.10 (0.18)
PI-1 0.19 (0.01) 0.25 (< 0.001) − 0.17 (0.02) 0.51 (< 0.001) − 0.13 (0.08) 0.20 (0.006) − 0.28 (< 0.001)
PI-15 0.12 (0.10) 0.19 (0.009) − 0.25 (< 0.001) 0.48 (< 0.001) − 0.17 (0.02) 0.16 (0.03) − 0.25 (< 0.001)
PRMEmph − 0.18 (0.01) − 0.27 (< 0.001) 0.23 (0.002) − 0.55 (< 0.001) 0.13 (0.07) − 0.21 (0.003) 0.30 (< 0.001)
PRMfSAD − 0.20 (0.006) − 0.25 (< 0.001) 0.01 (0.86) − 0.35 (< 0.001) − 0.04 (0.63) − 0.23 (0.002) 0.28 (< 0.001)
PRMNormal 0.25 (< 0.001) 0.33 (< 0.001) − 0.07 (0.30) 0.49 (< 0.001) 0.01 (0.90) − 0.27 (< 0.001) − 0.33 (< 0.001)
Pi10 − 0.37 (< 0.001) − 0.33 (< 0.001) − 0.36 (< 0.001) − 0.11 (0.14) − 0.32 (< 0.001) − 0.03 (0.64) 0.23 (0.001)
Wall area − 0.30 (< 0.001) − 0.25 (0.001) − 0.27 (< 0.001) − 0.13 (0.08) − 0.24 (0.001) − 0.04 (0.55) 0.30 (< 0.001)
Lumen area 0.28 (< 0.001) 0.26 (< 0.001) 0.31 (< 0.001) 0.04 (0.59) 0.27 (< 0.001) − 0.04 (0.62) − 0.18 (0.01)
Number of vessels 0.20 (0.005) 0.16 (0.03) 0.10 (0.18) 0.22 (0.003) 0.08 (0.28) 0.18 (0.01) − 0.13 (0.06)
Number of vessels under 5 mm2 0.24 (0.001) 0.21 (0.004) 0.11 (0.11) 0.25 (< 0.001) 0.11 (0.12) 0.20 (0.006) − 0.17 (0.02)
Average diameter of vessels − 0.26 (< 0.001) − 0.31 (< 0.001) − 0.15 (0.04) − 0.20 (0.004) − 0.26 (< 0.001) − 0.16 (0.03) 0.23 (0.001)
Surface LAA − 0.12 (0.11) − 0.23 (0.001) 0.29 (< 0.001) − 0.51 (< 0.001) 0.16 (0.03) − 0.21 (0.003) 0.28 (< 0.001)

Data are Spearman r correlation values. Numbers in parentheses are p values