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Table 1 Impulse oscillation measurements of bronchodilator response following low-dose (2 puffs, 200 μg) and standard-dose (4 puffs, 400 μg) salbutamol in healthy controls and exclusion subjects (n = 248)

From: Small airway bronchodilator response to different doses of salbutamol in 7-year-old children

 

Healthy controls (n = 168)

Exclusion subjects (n = 80)

Low-dose salbutamol (n = 83)

Standard-dose salbutamol (n = 85)

P value

Low-dose salbutamol (n = 41)

Standard-dose salbutamol (n = 39)

P value

% change in FEV1

5.3 (5.7)

5.4 (5.7)

0.984

9.2 (8.4)

7.4 (7.1)

0.317

Xrs5

 Δ abs, hPa s L−1 (SD)

0.05 (0.04)

0.05 (0.05)

0.984

0.06 (0.06)

0.07 (0.04)

0.169

 Δ relative, % of baseline (SD)

−18.2 (11.3)

−18.3 (19.4)

0.986

−19.4 (14.4)

−26.0 (12.6)

0.032

Rrs5

 Δ abs, hPa s L−1 (SD)

−0.10 (0.06)

−0.09 (0.06)

0.628

−0.10 (0.08)

−0.12 (0.06)

0.251

 Δ relative, % of baseline (SD)

−14.5 (8.4)

−14.5 (9.3)

0.694

−15.7 (10.8)

−18.7 (8.2)

0.179

Xrs10

 Δ abs, hPa s L−1 (SD)

0.06 (0.04)

0.06 (0.04)

0.765

0.06 (0.06)

0.08 (0.04)

0.043

 Δ relative, % of baseline (SD)

−34.4 (19.3)

−34.8 (22.2)

0.897

−26.7 (50.6)

−47.1 (15.4)

0.017

Rrs10

 Δ abs, hPa s L−1 (SD)

−0.06 (0.04)

−0.05 (0.05)

0.609

−0.05 (0.04)

−0.07 (0.04)

0.172

 Δ relative, % of baseline (SD)

−10.8 (7.9)

−10.3 (8.2)

0.679

−10.6 (7.6)

−13.1 (6.8)

0.126

AX

 Δ abs, hPa L−1 (SD)

−0.61 (0.37)

−0.58 (0.36)

0.615

−0.63 (0.58)

−0.81 (0.36)

0.091

 Δ relative, % of baseline (SD)

−32.3 (15.9)

−32.1 (18.1)

0.950

−28.4 (36.8)

−43.7 (12.2)

0.015

Rrs20–5

 Δ abs, hPa s L−1 (SD)

−0.06 (0.08)

−0.08 (0.05)

0.289

−0.06 (0.08)

−0.08 (0.05)

0.294

 Δrelative, % of baseline (SD)

−12.3 (75.6)

−30.3 (12.7)

0.147

−12.3 (75.6)

−30.3 (12.7)

0.147

  1. Δabs absolute change from the initial value, Δrelative relative change from the initial value, % change in FEV 1 percentage change in FEV1 over baseline, Xrs5 reactance at 5 Hz, Xrs10 reactance at 10 Hz, Rrs5 resistance at 5 Hz, Rrs10 resistance at 10 Hz, AX reactance area, Rrs20–5 difference of Rrs5 and Rrs20
  2. Numbers in bold indicate a significant difference between the low-dose and standard-dose salbutamol groups (P < 0.05)