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Table 3 Vitamin D and cathelicidin correlations with different spirometry indices in asthmatics

From: Vitamin D and cathelicidin assessment in infection-induced asthma in Egyptian children

Variant

 

Vitamin D (ng/ml)

Cathelicidin (ng/ml)

FVC % of predicted

r

0.119

− 0.032

p

0.484

0.85

FVE1% of predicted

r

0.095

0.013

p

0.576

0.938

FEV1/FVC%

r

0.223

0.048

p

0.219

0.796

PEFR % of predicted

r

0.348

− 0.008

p

0.035

0.961

FEF 25–75% of predicted

r

0.124

0.199

p

0.466

0.237

  1. FVC forced vital capacity; FEV1 forced expiratory volume during first second; PEFR peak expiratory flow rate