Research Article

Is There a Correlation between New Scoring Systems and Systemic Inflammation in Stable Bronchiectasis?

Table 2

The relation between bronchiectasis severity based on BSI score and the other study variables.

BSI score = 7.2 ± 5.2
Mild (n = 46)Moderate (n = 25)Severe (n = 46)

Age (years)47.156.157.20.003
FVC (%)82.655.052.1<0.0001
FEV1 (%)74.746.742.5<0.0001
FEV1/FVC (%)74.471.065.80.020
CRP (mg/L)6.812.912.50.001
WBC (/mm3)8224863185740.727
N/L ratio2.362.402.080.456
Smoking (pack-years)9.212.09.00.718
BMI (kg/m2)29.525.426.20.008
Exacerbations in previous year0.282.443.65<0.0001
Number of hospitalizations in the last two years0.000.400.95<0.0001

FVC, forced vital capacity; FEV1, forced expiratory volume in 1 second; FEV1/FVC, forced expiratory volume in 1 second/forced vital capacity; N/L ratio, neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio; BMI, body mass index.