An experimental study on lung deposition of inhaled 2 μm particles in relation to lung characteristics and deposition models

Table 2 Pearson correlation coefficient (r) for total deposited fraction (DF) and lung characteristics

Characteristic	Pearson’s correlation coefficient r	p-value
Age	0.03	0.9
Height	0.49	0.05
Weight	0.50	0.04
V_T	0.83	< 0.0001
ln(V_T)	0.87	< 0.0001
T_bc	0.80	< 0.0001
ln(T_bc)	0.87	< 0.0001
V_e	0.83	< 0.0001
r_AiDA	-0.13	0.6
R₀	-0.58	0.02
r_AiDA,1/2	-0.58	0.02
R_0,1/2	-0.03	0.9
R₅	0.24	0.4
R₂₀	0.09	0.7
TLC	0.29	0.3
FRC	-0.34	0.2
FEV₁	0.63	0.006
VC	0.56	0.02
RV	-0.35	0.2
D_LCO	0.52	0.05

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