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Table 2 Correlations between diaphragmatic excursion values and anthropometric and lung function measurements

From: Ultrasound evaluation of diaphragmatic mobility in patients with idiopathic lung fibrosis: a pilot study

 

Patients

Controls

Normal Breath

Deep inspiration

Normal Breath

Deep inspiration

BMI

R

− 0.41

0.06

0.59

0.25

p

0.17

0.83

0.04

0.43

CT

R

0.37

−0.01

0.61

0.22

p

0.03

0.95

0.03

0.49

CA

R

−0.52

− 0.12

0.55

0.03

p

0.07

0.69

0.06

0.91

FVC

R

0.53

0.56

0.09

0.22

p

0.05

0.05

0.78

0.49

TLC

R

−0.04

−0.13

−0.59

0.31

p

0.88

0.68

0.40

0.32

VC

R

0.19

−0.11

0.07

0.17

p

0.55

0.73

0.82

0.59

DLCO

R

−0.33

−0.18

0.05

−0.22

p

0.29

0.57

0.85

0.46

FEV1% VC MAX

R

−0.02

−0.39

−0.07

0.69

p

0.94

0.19

0.82

0.01

  1. Abb. BMI: body mass index; CT: chest circumference; CA: circumference of abdomen; FVC: forced vital capacity; TLC: total lung capacity; FEV1/FVC max: forced expiratory volume in the 1st second/ forced vital capacity; VC: vital capacity; DLCO: diffusion Lung CO; DE: diaphragmatic excursion
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