TABLE 1

Demographic details and details about ReCIVA® breath samples collected in adults

Acute asthma or COPD#Acute heart failurePneumoniaControlp-value
Subjects n22141514
Age years69 (19)72 (14)59 (31)63.5 (9)0.055
Height cm165.5 (18)167 (21)161 (14)167 (19)0.648
Weight kg77 (31)88.2 (41)75 (28)77.7 (30)0.489
Males15 (68.2)9 (64.3)7 (46.7)6 (42.9)0.359+
Able to collect 100% of the target sample21 (95.5)14 (100)15 (100)14 (100)0.576+
Time taken to collect sample s572.6 (206.2)723.2 (249.3)656.7 (289.1)582.8 (173.0)0.001§
  • Data are presented as median (interquartile range) or n (%), unless otherwise stated. #: acute asthma n=1, acute COPD n=21; : Kruskal–Wallis test; +: Chi-squared test; §: Dunn's post-hoc analysis (significant difference between (p<0.05): acute asthma/COPD and acute heart failure, acute asthma/COPD and pneumonia, control and acute heart failure).