Patient and Caregiver Perceptions of Airway Clearance Methods Used for Cystic Fibrosis

Figure 1

(a) Association of current (past 30-day) usage of airway clearance methods with gender. Filled circles indicate the odds ratio for females using the indicated methods for airway clearance. Gray lines are 95% confidence intervals; the lower confidence interval for manual CPT is truncated. The number of respondents reporting use of each method is indicated. (b) Current age of patients using different airway clearance methods. Subjects with age >40 are indicated by triangles. There were no significant differences in age between airway clearance methods, Kruskal–Wallis test .

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