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Table 1 Average results from station 1 (mouthpieces with varying leaks) from each subject.

From: Testing limits to airflow perturbation device (APD) measurements

 

Subject – average over all sessions

  

Station 1

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Average

StDev

   Control

2.86

5.20

3.96

5.12

4.30

3.53

4.50

4.52

2.91

4.97

4.19ab*

0.86

   Small

2.82

5.00

3.68

4.62

4.08

3.22

3.95

4.28

2.68

4.30

3.86c

0.76

   Medium

2.82

4.16

3.36

3.66

3.41

2.99

3.41

3.88

2.48

3.70

3.39ad

0.51

   Large

2.60

3.33

2.98

3.09

2.97

2.89

3.04

3.43

2.33

3.28

2.99bce

0.33

   Control

3.09

6.26

4.30

5.11

4.60

4.35

4.47

4.31

2.96

4.99

4.44de

0.95

  1. Resistances are given in cmH2O·sec/L.
  2. *Same letters indicate statistically significant differences at p ≤ 0.05.