Cumulative exposure (fibres/y/cc) | Latency time (years) | Smoking (pack-years) | Pleural and parenchymal abnormalities | Constant | R2 (SEE) | |
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R2, coefficient of determination; SEE, standard error of the estimate; NS, non-significant. | ||||||
(–) indicates that the independent variable did not remain in the final model. | ||||||
FVC (% pred) | −0.0161 (0.006) | −0.260 (0.025) | NS | −6.599 (1.276) | 110.36 (0.72) | 0.04 (15.8) |
FEV1 (% pred) | NS | −0.232 (0.034) | −0.0537 (0.013) | −9.310 (1.347) | 104.9 (0.72) | 0.05 (16.7) |
FEV1/FVC (%) | NS | −0.196 (0.003) | −0.0128 (0.001) | −0.485 (0.127) | 85.7 (0.07) | 0.04 (12.3) |
FEF25–75% (% pred) | NS | NS | −0.0711 (0.028) | −11.678 (3.098) | 85.2 (0.73) | 0.57 (7.0) |