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

Table 3

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

FACED score = 2.1 ± 1.8
	Mild (n = 71)	Moderate (n = 34)	Severe (n = 12)
Age (years)	48.3	56.6	70.1	<0.0001
FVC (%)	76.1	51.4	40.0	<0.0001
FEV1 (%)	68.2	39.9	35.0	<0.0001
FEV1/FVC (%)	74.0	61.0	73	<0.0001
CRP (mg/L)	8.8	12.4	13.8	0.027
WBC (/mm^3)	8190	9197	7858	0.096
N/L ratio	2.26	2.35	2.01	0.715
Smoking (pack-years)	8.4	12.0	12.0	0.488
BMI (kg/m^2)	28.6	24.5	27.4	0.007
Exacerbations in previous year	1.3	3.2	3.0	<0.0001
Number of hospitalizations in the last two years	0.15	0.64	1.0	<0.0001

FACED (F: forced expiratory volume in 1 second, A: age, C: colonization, E: number of affected lobes, D: dyspnea); 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.