Table 4 Spearman’s correlation coefficients between airway volumes on CT and measurements on PFT.

From: Comparison of inspiratory and expiratory airway volumes and luminal areas among standing, sitting, and supine positions using upright and conventional CT

 

Inspiratory airway volume in standing position

Inspiratory airway volume in sitting position

Inspiratory airway volume in supine position

Expiratory airway volume in standing position

Expiratory airway volume in sitting position

Expiratory airway volume in supine position

ρ

P value

ρ

P value

ρ

P value

ρ

P value

ρ

P value

ρ

P value

VC (mL)

0.681

 < 0.0001

0.667

 < 0.0001

0.660

 < 0.0001

0.695

 < 0.0001

0.698

 < 0.0001

0.654

 < 0.0001

FVC (mL)

0.673

 < 0.0001

0.662

 < 0.0001

0.659

 < 0.0001

0.689

 < 0.0001

0.692

 < 0.0001

0.654

 < 0.0001

FEV1 (mL)

0.669

 < 0.0001

0.641

 < 0.0001

0.643

 < 0.0001

0.672

 < 0.0001

0.672

 < 0.0001

0.617

 < 0.0001

Inspiratory capacity (mL)

0.640

 < 0.0001

0.604

 < 0.0001

0.632

 < 0.0001

0.596

 < 0.0001

0.593

 < 0.0001

0.537

 < 0.0001

Residual volume (mL)

0.558

 < 0.0001

0.573

 < 0.0001

0.546

 < 0.0001

0.695

 < 0.0001

0.671

 < 0.0001

0.716

 < 0.0001

Functional residual capacity (mL)

0.607

 < 0.0001

0.629

 < 0.0001

0.585

 < 0.0001

0.744

 < 0.0001

0.748

 < 0.0001

0.760

 < 0.0001

Total lung capacity (mL)

0.726

 < 0.0001

0.721

 < 0.0001

0.709

 < 0.0001

0.785

 < 0.0001

0.780

 < 0.0001

0.760

 < 0.0001

  1. CT computed tomography, PFT pulmonary function test, VC vital capacity, FVC forced vital capacity, FEV1 forced expiratory volume in 1 s.