Evaluation of atherosclerosis as a risk factor in COPD patients by measuring the carotid intima-media thickness

Table 5 Parametric pearson correlation

	Carotid thickening	Age	BMI	Cigarette-package/year	Fev1Fvc Ratio	Fvc Percentage	FEF 25-75 Percentage
Carotid thickening
Pearson Correlation	1	.304	-0.112	0.046	0.011	-0.285	-0.328
Sig.(2-tailed)		0.11	0.355	0.720	0.929	0.017	0.006
N	70	70	70	64	70	70	70
Age
Pearson Correlation	.304	1	-0.134	.0.085	-0.015	-0.054	-0.268
Sig.(2-tailed)	0.11		0.269	0.503	0.900	0.658	0.025
N	70	70	70	64	70	70	70
BMI
Pearson Correlation	0.112	-0.134	1	-0.096	0.178	0.150	0.002
Sig.(2-tailed)	0.355	0.269		0.450	0.140	0.216	0.990
N	70	70	70	64	70	70	70
Cigarette-package/year
Pearson Correlation	0.046	.0.085	-0.096	1	-0.287	-0.327	-0.357
Sig.(2-tailed)	0.720	0.503	0.450		0.021	0.008	0.004
N	64	64	64	64	64	64	64
Fev1Fvc Ratio
Pearson Correlation	0.011	-0.015	0.178	-0.287	1	0.369	.0.458
Sig.(2-tailed	0.929	0.900	0.140	0.021		0.002	0.000
N	70	70	70	64	70	70	70
FVC Percentage
Pearson Correlation	-0.285	-0.054	0.150	-0.327	0.369	1	0.545
Sig.(2-tailed)	0.017	0.658	0.216	0.008	0.002		0.000
N	70	70	70	64	70	70	70
FEF2575 Percentage
Pearson Correlation	-0.328	-0.268	0.002	-0.357	.0.458	.0.545	1
Sig.(2-tailed)	0.006	0.025	0.990	0.004	0.000	0.000
N	70	70	70	64	70	70	70

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