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Table 5 Correlations between chest-X-ray stages and pulmonary function tests

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

 

Chest-X-ray stage

rho

p

FVC (n = 42)

−0.60

0.0001

FVC (%) (n = 42)

−0.54

0.0003

FEV1 (n = 42)

−0.53

0.0003

FEV1 (%) (n = 42)

−0.54

0.0002

FEV1/FVC (n = 42)

0.14

0.37

FEF25-75 (n = 41)

−0.28

0.076

FEF25-75 (%) (n = 41)

−0.25

0.11

DLCO (n = 31)

−0.31

0.087

DLCO (%) (n = 31)

−0.24

0.20

DLCO/VA (n = 31)

0.23

0.21

DLCO/VA (%) (n = 31)

0.15

0.41

VA (n = 31)

−0.51

0.003

VA% (n = 31)

−0.41

0.021

DLCO-Hb (n = 31)

−0.26

0.16