The Interpretation of Dyspnea in the Patient with Asthma

Table 2

Multiple linear regression model to predict correlation with the Borg scale score.

Characteristic	Parameter estimate	95% CI
Intercept		(2.24, 8.67)
Sex (M/F)		(0.59, 3.17)	0.01
Age		(−0.09, 0.02)	0.24
BMI (kg/m^2)		(−0.05, 0.07)	0.75
PEFR, % predicted		(−0.08, −0.03)	<0.001
API		(0.06, 0.16)	<0.001

For definition of abbreviations, see Table 1.