Research Article

Clinical Implications of Oscillatory Lung Function during Methacholine Bronchoprovocation Testing of Preschool Children

Table 2

Baseline measurements of lung function at challenge test 1 and challenge test 2.

1st set1st set CV2nd set2st set CVSDwCV (%)ICC

Rrs5 (kPa/L/sec)0.374.640.88 (0.76–0.94)
Rrs10 (kPa/L/sec)0.314.290.87 (0.74–0.94)
Xrs5 (kPa/L/sec)0.295.780.81 (0.61–0.91)
Xrs10 (kPa/L/sec)0.3110.350.73 (0.46–0.87)
AX (kPa/L)0.9811.210.85 (0.71–0.93)
Rf (Hz)1.373.360.76 (0.52–0.88)

CV, coefficient of variation; SDw, within-subject SD (SD of the mean difference between the 1st and 2nd sets divided by √2); CV (%), CV between the first and second sets; ICC, intraclass correlation coefficient (between-subject variance divided by the total variance).