The prevalence of small airways disease and association with handgrip strength in young Hispanic farmworkers

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Table 4 Dependent variable: FEV1/FVC

Independent variables	Β	Standardized β	95% CI	P-value
Age	< 0.1	-0.4	[< -0.1, < -0.01]	< 0.01
Sex	0.4	0.4	[-0.2, 0.9]	0.2
Ever smoked	0.1	0.1	[-0.3, 0.6]	0.6
BMI	< -0.01	< -0.1	[< -0.1, 0.6]	0.6
SBP	< 0.01	0.3	[< -0.01, < 0.1]	0.2
DBP	< -0.01	-0.1	[< -0.01, < 0.1]	0.7
Hb A1C	< -0.01	< -0.01	[-0.1, 0.1]	1.0
LDL	< 0.01	0.1	[< -0.01, < 0.01]	0.5
HDL	< -0.01	-0.1	[-0.02, < 0.01]	0.4
Triglycerides	< -0.01	-0.3	[< -0.01, < 0.01]	0.1
Absolute HGS	< 0.01	< 0.1	[-0.01, < 0.1]	0.7
FEF_{25-75%predicted}	0.5	0.5	[0.3, 0.7]	< 0.001

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