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Table 3 Relationship between lung function (measured at baseline, before the Mch test) and BMI (linear regression models) corrected for age, seasons, smoking habits and sex when appropriate

From: Obesity can influence children’s and adolescents’ airway hyperresponsiveness differently

 

All AHR subjects (PD20<2400 μg)

Subjects with moderate/severe AHR(PD20<400 μg)

Subjects with borderline AHR (PD20>400 μg)

Subjects with normal reactivity

 

β

p

β

p

β

p

β

p

FVC% (All)

0,161

0,123

0,167

0,293

0,239

0,217

0,227

0,353

FEV1% (All)

−0,077

0,410

−0,105

0,473

−0,168

0,326

−0,087

0,690

FEV1/FVC (All)

0,099

0,383

0,131

0,463

0,132

0,523

0,187

0,469

FVC% (Males)

0.053

0.730

0.086

0.611

0.107

0.748

0.158

0.615

FEV1% (Males)

0.010

0.942

−0.007

0.962

−0.056

0.851

−0.033

0.905

FEV1/FVC (Males)

0.001

0.994

0.035

0.855

0.046

0.895

0.126

0.707

FVC% (Females)

0.411

0.027

0.934

0.035

0.390

0.015

0.240

0.471

FEV1% (Females)

−0.348

0.036

−0.849

0.036

−0.315

0.024

−0.095

0.744

FEV1/FVC (Females)

0.290

0.147

0.882

0.059

0.075

0.665

0.195

0.575

FVC% (Age13)

−0,060

0,725

−0,038

0,803

0,094

0,927

−0,177

0,713

FEV1% (Age13)

0,112

0,469

0,099

0,485

−0,054

0,953

0,225

0,611

FEV1/FVC (Age13)

−0,189

0,314

−0,127

0,470

−0,223

0,825

−0,173

0,720

FVC% (Age>13)

0,174

0,261

0,260

0,327

0,124

0,525

0,144

0,561

FEV1% (Age>13)

−0,119

0,399

−0,193

0,438

−0,084

0,633

−0,023

0,916

FEV1/FVC (Age>13)

0,108

0,523

0,228

0,444

0,015

0,944

0,070

0,790