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Table 4 Correlation between the changes in the exhaled NO levels and those in lung function and systemic inflammatory markers after steroid treatment

From: Increase of nitrosative stress in patients with eosinophilic pneumonia

 

FENO(post/pre)

Calv(post/pre)

 

r

p value

r

p value

%VC (post/pre)

-0.024

0.977

0.048

0.935

Eosinophils (post/pre)

0.108

0.793

0.802

0.022*

CRP (post/pre)

-0.524

0.197

-0.691

0.069

  1. post/pre = post steroid value/pre steroid value; r = correlation coefficient; p values correspond to the fitted regression equation. * p < 0.05.