Respiratory Research

Table 4 Univariate regression analysis in relation to sweat chloride

From: Acquired defects in CFTR-dependent β-adrenergic sweat secretion in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

	Beta	P-value
Gender	0.141	0.268
Age	0.416	0.001
Race	0.031	0.808
BCSS	0.359	0.004
Bronchitis	0.177	0.174
FEV ₁ %	−0.309	0.013
MMRC	0.312	0.013
Pack years	0.429	<0.001
Active smoker	0.183	0.149
Ever smoke	0.396	0.001
BMI	−0.250	0.047
Cigarette/day	0.428	<0.001
COPD	0.380	0.002

MMRC = Modified Medical Research Council criteria; BCSS = Breathlessness, Cough and Sputum Scale; BMI = Body Mass Index.

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