Lung Function Abnormalities in Sickle Cell Anaemia

Table 3

Factors that influence abnormal FEV1 and FVC% predicted categories.

FEV1% Category					FVC% Category
	P-value	Exp(B)	95% CI		P-value	Exp(B)	95% CI
		(OR)	Lower	Upper		(OR)	Lower	Upper
Weight	0.686	0.952	0.751	1.207	0.321	0.885	0.695	1.127
Height	0.982	1.002	0.826	1.216	0.282	1.113	0.915	1.354
BMI	0.626	1.175	0.614	2.247	0.245	1.475	0.766	2.841
Age	0.643	0.991	0.953	1.03	0.332	0.981	0.945	1.019
Gender(1)	0.211	0.573	0.239	1.372	0.202	0.564	0.234	1.361
Case-Control (1)	<0.001	11.69	4.844	28.246	<0.001	13.153	5.139	33.662
Constant	0.913	0.17			0.22	<0.001