HRCT findings of pulmonary sarcoidosis; relation to pulmonary function tests

Ors, Fatih; Gumus, Seyfettin; Aydogan, Mehmet; Sari, Sebahattin; Verim, Samet; Deniz, Omer

doi:10.1186/2049-6958-8-8

Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine

Table 3 Correlations between pulmonary function parameters, total HRCT scores and HRCT pattern scores

From: HRCT findings of pulmonary sarcoidosis; relation to pulmonary function tests

	FVC (n = 45)		FVC (%) (n = 45)		FEV₁ (n = 45)		FEV₁ (%) (n = 45)		FEV₁/FVC (n = 45)		FEF_25-75 (n = 44)		FEF_25-75 (%) (n = 44)
	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	P	r	p	r	p
Total HRCT score	−0.55	0.0001	−0.49	0.001	−0.66	0.0001	−0.64	0.0001	−0.33	0.03	−0.55	0.0001	−0.53	0.0002
MN score	−0.34	0.02	−0.35	0.02	−0.38	0.01	−0.39	0.008	−0.04	0.79	−0.29	0.05	−0.29	0.06
N score	−0.60	0.0001	−0.55	0.0001	−0.63	0.0001	−0.60	0.0001	−0.20	0.19	−0.48	0.001	−0.45	0.002
C score	−0.35	0.02	−0.35	0.02	−0.50	0.0001	−0.56	0.0001	−0.43	0.004	−0.44	0.003	−0.47	0.001
GGO score	−0.38	0.009	−0.29	0.06	−0.43	0.003	−0.36	0.02	−0.17	0.26	−0.34	0.02	−0.32	0.04
BL score	−0.46	0.001	−0.35	0.02	−0.58	0.0001	−0.51	0.0001	−0.37	0.01	−0.49	0.001	−0.44	0.003
SPIT score	−0.22	0.14	−0.20	0.19	−0.24	0.11	−0.24	0.11	−0.14	0.37	−0.22	0.15	−0.19	0.22
PB score	−0.48	0.001	−0.40	0.006	−0.61	0.0001	−0.58	0.0001	−0.39	0.008	−0.53	0.0001	−0.50	0.001
BVB score	−0.13	0.38	−0.16	0.30	−0.21	0.16	−0.25	0.09	−0.11	0.46	−0.20	0.21	−0.23	0.14
	DL _CO (n = 34)		DL _CO (%) (n = 34)		DL _CO /VA (n = 34)		DL _CO /VA% (n = 34)		VA (n = 34)		VA% (n = 34)		DL _CO *-Hb (n = 34)**
	r	p	r	P	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
Total HRCT score	−0.40	0.018	−0.33	0.06	0.10	0.59	0.13	0.45	−0.51	0.002	−0.53	0.001	−0.41	0.015
MN score	−0.08	0.66	−0.06	0.74	0.17	0.34	0.17	0.34	−0.18	0.30	−0.23	0.20	−0.09	0.62
N score	−0.41	0.016	−0.29	0.10	0.21	0.23	0.22	0.21	−0.58	0.0004	−0.54	0.001	−0.41	0.016
C score	−0.25	0.15	−0.21	0.24	0.08	0.64	0.10	0.56	−0.32	0.066	−0.32	0.06	−0.25	0.15
GGO score	−0.44	0.008	−0.38	0.03	−0.02	0.92	−0.01	0.95	−0.49	0.003	−0.46	0.006	−0.44	0.009
BL score	−0.46	0.006	−0.40	0.02	−0.05	0.78	−0.01	0.95	−0.50	0.002	−0.52	0.002	−0.47	0.005
SPIT score	−0.04	0.81	−0.08	0.66	0.02	0.92	0.02	0.92	−0.09	0.61	−0.15	0.40	−0.03	0.85
PB score	−0.44	0.009	−0.38	0.03	0.06	0.75	0.10	0.57	−0.54	0.001	−0.57	0.0005	−0.47	0.005
BVB score	0.14	0.44	0.16	0.38	0.24	0.17	0.17	0.34	−0.1	0.57	−0.1	0.58	0.12	0.51

BL, Bronchial lesions; BVB, Bronchovascular bundle; C, Consolidation; GGO, Ground glass opacity; MN, Micronodule; N, Nodule; SPIT, Subpleural interstitial thickening; PB, Parenchymal band.
*DL_CO corrected for Hb value.

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