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Table 4 Relationship between incidence of pneumothorax and different types of pulmonary function abnormalities

From: The role of clinical characteristics and pulmonary function testing in predicting risk of pneumothorax by CT-guided percutaneous core needle biopsy of the lung

 

Pneumothorax

X2

P Value

Yes*

No*

Normal ventilation function

18 (10.7%)

150 (89.3%)

  

Small airway dysfunctionsδ

10 (14.5%)

59 (85.5%)

0.670

0.413

Types of function abnormalitiesδ

    

 Obstructive function abnormalities

18 (24.7%)

55 (75.3%)

7.786

0.005

 Restrictive function abnormalities

1 (9.1%)

10 (90.9%)

0

1.000

 Mixed function abnormalities

3 (13.6%)

19 (86.4%)

0.002

0.961

  1. Significant difference (P<0.05) are shown in bold
  2. % pred percent predicted
  3. *Data are presented as number
  4. δEach group compared with normal ventilation function group