Table 3

Agreement data for predicted thoracic gas volume


Regression
Residual Plot


R2
SEE
r
P
Mean difference (95% CI)

European American
Girls





TGV (adult)
0.56
0.37
-0.65
0.001
0.59 (-0.12;1.30)
TGV (child-specific)
0.61
0.35
-0.56
0.001
0.11 (-0.57;0.78)
Boys





TGV (adult)
0.72
0.47
-0.59
0.01
0.32 (-0.58;1.22)
TGV (child-specific)
0.73
0.46
-0.50
0.05
0.06 (-0.83;0.94)

African American
Girls





TGV (adult)
0.71
0.24
-0.06
0.78
0.71 (0.18;1.24)
TGV (child-specific)
0.73
0.23
-0.01
0.96
0.23 (-0.28;0.75)
Boys





TGV (adult)
0.65
0.29
0.00
0.99
0.26 (-0.44;0.96)
TGV (child-specific)
0.67
0.29
-0.03
0.90
-0.02 (-0.67;0.64)

European
Girls





TGV (adult)
0.64
0.42
-0.72
0.001
0.41 (-0.42;1.23)
TGV (child-specific)
0.76
0.35
-0.16
0.37
0.06 (-0.68;0.75)
Boys





TGV (adult)
0.79
0.46
-0.81
0.001
-0.23 (-1.24;0.78)
TGV (child-specific)
0.80
0.46
-0.16
0.27
-0.22 (-1.15;0.71)

TGV; Thoracic gas volume.

TGV (adult); Thoracic gas volume predicted using the adult-based proprietary equations (developed using Crapo et al. prediction of functional residual capacity and tidal volume constants for males and females) [18].

TGV (child-specific); Thoracic gas volume predicted using the child-specific equations of Fields et al. [16].

Dependent variable is the measured TGV.

r; The Pearson correlation coefficient between the regression residuals and the criterion; criterion is measured thoracic gas volume).

P value indicates whether the r value is significant and estimation bias is present.

SEE; Standard error of the estimate.

Higgins et al. BMC Pediatrics 2006 6:18   doi:10.1186/1471-2431-6-18