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Table 3 Correlation between spirometry values and demand for healthcare services by gender of the studied population of 98 severe asthmatics patients

From: Study of correlation between forced vital capacity and demand for healthcare services in severe asthmatics

Variables

Gender

% FVC

 

% SVC

% FEV1

% FEV1/FVC

% SVC-FVC

r

p

r

p

r

p

r

p

r

p

ER

M

−0.03

NS

−0.02

NS

−0.11

NS

−0.18

NS

−0.09

NS

W

−0.44

0.001

−0.41

0.002

−0.50

0.001

−0.42

0.002

−0.12

NS

ICU

M

− 0.11

NS

− 0.02

NS

−0.008

NS

−0.11

NS

−0.14

NS

W

−0.38

0.004

−0.36

0.008

−0.27

0.048

−0.03

NS

−0.11

NS

HWR

M

−0.01

NS

−0.008

NS

−0.02

NS

−0.13

NS

−0.01

NS

W

−0.31

0.022

−0.25

NS

−0.34

0.012

−0.25

NS

−0.25

NS

Er + ICU + HWR

M

−0.03

NS

−0.03

NS

−0.09

NS

−0.19

NS

−0.07

NS

W

−0.43

0.001

−0.38

0.005

−0.49 < 0.001

 

−0.38

0.004

−0.21

NS

  1. M, Men; W, Women; ER, demand for the emergency room / year; ICU, demand for admission to the Intensive Care Unit; HWR, Hospital ward / year; FVC, forced vital capacity; SVC, slow vital capacity; FEV1,forced expiratory volume in 1st second; NS, not significant