Shapiro-Wilk-Test | VC [% pred.] | DLCO [% pred.] | DLCO/VA [% pred.] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
p = 0.15 | p = 0.06 | p = 0.40 | ||||||
n | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
Pleural plaques | none | 14 | 100.1 | 11.6 | 79.7 | 16.1 | 98.0 | 23.1 |
yes | 27 | 94.6 | 20.5 | 74.6 | 16.8 | 104.5 | 21.3 | |
correlation ρ of pleural plaques (score A) with lung function parameters | −0.12 | −0.25 | 0.12 | |||||
n | VC [% pred.] | DLCO [% pred.] | DLCO/VA [% pred.] | |||||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
Pulmonary fibrosis | none | 23 | 95.7 | 16.2 | 80.0 | 14.2 | 106.2 | 20.6 |
yes | 18 | 97.5 | 20.4 | 61.3 | 18.0 | 97.3 | 23.6 | |
correlation ρ of pulmonary fibrosis (score B) with lung function parameters | 0.10 | −0.22 | −0.26 | |||||
Combined score | ||||||||
correlation ρ of the combined score of parietal pleural changes and diffuse pleural thickening with lung function parameters | −0.18 | − 0.35* | 0.09 |