Fractional area % | p-value# | ||
FA | NAC | ||
MMP-9 | |||
Large airway | 1.7 (0.5–5.4) | 0.4 (0.3–0.4) | 0.01 |
Small airway | 2.2 (0.6–3.2) | 2.0 (0.8–2.8) | 0.88 |
p-value¶ | 0.520 | 0.043 | |
MMP-12 | |||
Large airway | 3.2 (2.1–7.9) | 1.0 (0.8–2.0) | 0.01 |
Small airway | 1.6 (0.9–3.6) | 2.6 (0.6–3.7) | 0.97 |
p-value¶ | 0.001 | 0.866 | |
MMP-1 | |||
Large airway | 1.1±2.3 | 0.2±0.2 | 0.17 |
Small airway | 0.6±0.7 | 0.2±0.3 | 0.22 |
p-value¶ | 0.080 | 0.295 | |
MMP-2 | |||
Large airway | 0.7±0.7 | 0.8±0.8 | 0.54 |
Small airway | 0.5±0.5 | 0.6±0.5 | 0.59 |
p-value¶ | 0.484 | 0.638 | |
TIMP-1 | |||
Large airway | 4.3±6.0 | 1.3±1.6 | 0.55 |
Small airway | 1.7±3.3 | 1.4±2.4 | 0.85 |
p-value¶ | 0.054 | 0.516 | |
TIMP-2 | |||
Large airway | 4.0 (1.3–10.1) | 2.0 (1.4–2.1) | 0.099 |
Small airway | 1.7 (0.5–7.8) | 6.7 (2.6–9.8) | 0.18 |
p-value¶ | 0.687 | 0.025 |
Data are presented as mean±sd or median (interquartile range), unless otherwise stated. #: unpaired t-test or Mann–Whitney U-test for comparison between the patient groups; ¶: paired t-test or Wilcoxon test for comparison of large airway versus small airway.