Gender Differences in Pulmonary Function, Respiratory Symptoms, and Macrophage Proteomics among HIV-Infected Smokers

Table 2

Comparison of sex differences in respiratory symptoms, chest CT findings, and pulmonary function testing.

	Male	Female	Odds ratio/regression coefficient	𝑃 value
Symptoms
Cough (%)	72.8	51.7	4.33	0.0015
Phlegm (%)	71.2	51.7	2.68	0.025
Shortness of breath (%)	32.4	44.8	1.08	0.87
Wheeze (%)	49.8	55.2	1.06	0.89
CT chest findings
Emphysema (%)	45.8	33.3	1.51	0.39
Bronchial dilatation (%)	22.2	16.6	1.21	0.73
Air trapping (%)	29.1	22.2	2.62	0.083
Bronchial wall thickening (%)	16.5	13.3	1.11	0.86
Pulmonary function testing
FEV1/FVC	76.3	78.3	−1.48	0.40
FEV1% predicted	91.4	97.3	−8.35	0.0086
RV% predicted	115.1	99.4	0.116*	0.0496
TLC% predicted	103.5	99.8	2.57	0.42
DLCO% predicted	79.9	75.5	4.35	0.19

∗The regression coefficient for RV% predicted is in the log scale.