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Table 4 Qualitative and quantitative CT scans

From: Baseline characteristics from a 3-year longitudinal study to phenotype subjects with COPD: the FOOTPRINTS study

 

EwAL

GOLD 1

GOLD 2

GOLD 3

A1ATD

P-value

Per-protocol subjects, n

61

122

127

127

19

 

Qualitative CT

 

Centrilobular emphysema, N (%)

 < 0.0001*

  Absent

  Mild

  Moderate

  Confluent

  Advanced destructive

  Missing

36 (59.0)

18 (29.5)

3 (4.9)

1 (1.6)

0 (0.0)

2 (3.3)

36 (29.5)

37 (30.3)

19 (15.6)

16 (13.1)

11 (9.0)

3 (2.5)

22 (17.3)

33 (26.0)

22 (17.3)

31 (24.4)

17 (13.4)

2 (1.6)

7 (5.5)

11 (8.7)

29 (22.8)

34 (26.8)

40 (31.5)

5 (3.9)

0 (0.0)

2 (10.5)

1 (5.3)

6 (31.6)

8 (42.1)

2 (10.5)

 

Quantitative CT

 

 Inspiratory volume, L

5.80 (1.30)

6.42 (1.28)

6.31 (1.35)

6.63 (1.45)

8.07 (1.73)

 < 0.0001

 Expiratory volume, L

2.83 (0.67)

3.65 (1.01)

4.01 (1.14)

4.78 (1.24)

5.33 (1.51)

 < 0.0001

 PD15, g/L

91.2 (19.4)

75.1 (19.0)

66.2 (22.2)

47.8 (24.9)

44.4 (21.1)

 < 0.0001

 ALD, g/L

88.5 (13.9)

86.2 (21.4)

72.4 (21.7)

54.8 (23.1)

50.9 (18.2)

 < 0.0001

 LAA-950, %

3.2 (2.8)

7.4 (7.2)

12.7 (9.9)

21.3 (12.3)

26.4 (12.0)

 

 LAA-856, %

7.5 (8.4)

23.0 (14.0)

36.3 (17.5)

53.5 (17.2)

51.3 (19.4)

 

 Pi10, mm

1.8 (0.4)

2.2 (0.5)

2.5 (0.5)

2.6 (0.4)

2.0 (0.4)

 < 0.0001

 MLD in expiration

 − 689.1 (44.6)

 − 743.0 (43.5)

 − 776.8 (43.9)

 − 822.3 (40.5)

 − 808.4 (62.1)

 < 0.0001

 FRC/TLC ratio

0.5 (0.1)

0.6 (0.1)

0.6 (0.1)

0.7 (0.1)

0.7 (0.1)

 < 0.0001

  1. All values are mean (± SD)
  2. ALD adjusted lung density, A1ATD alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, CT computed tomography, EwAL ex-smokers without airflow limitation, FRC functional residual capacity, GOLD Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease, LAA-856 lung voxels with attenuation ≤ –856 Hounsfield Units, LAA-950 lung voxels with attenuation ≤ –950 Hounsfield Units, MLD mean lung density, PD15 lung density at the 15th percentile of the CT histogram, Pi10 square root of wall area of bronchus with internal perimeter of 10 mm, SD standard deviation, TLC total lung capacity
  3. *Cochran–Mantel–Haenszel test. A linear regression test was used for all other variables