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Table 2 Major imaging-based features selected by Wilk’s λ value of a stepwise forward variable selection method in four imaging-based clusters and healthy subjects (stratum 1)

From: Imaging-based clusters in former smokers of the COPD cohort associate with clinical characteristics: the SubPopulations and intermediate outcome measures in COPD study (SPIROMICS)

Variable

Region

Wilk’s

λ value

Cluster 1

(N = 100)

Cluster 2

(N = 80)

Cluster 3

(N = 141)

Cluster 4

(N = 85)

P value

Stratum 1

(N = 69)

βtissueRV

Total

0.286

0.240

(0.041)

0.245

(0.041)

0.172

(0.026)

0.110

(0.020)

< 0.0001

0.264

(0.054)

Jacobian

Total

0.145

2.16

(0.259)

1.67

(0.200)

1.63

(0.201)

1.32

(0.147)

< 0.0001

2.11

(0.378)

Emph%

Total

0.116

5.8

(0.058)

2.4

(0.026)

10.4

(0.073)

25.0

(0.110)

< 0.0001

0.024

(0.028)

fSAD%

Total

0.093

8.7

(0.065)

7.5

(0.055)

23.5

(0.086)

36.8

(0.074)

< 0.0001

0.050

(0.052)

βtissueTLC

Total

0.080

0.109

(0.015)

0.142

(0.019)

0.103

(0.014)

0.081

(0.014)

< 0.0001

0.122

(0.03)

  1. Values expressed as mean (SD). Full names of each variable or region were described in Abbreviations used