Odds ratios of chemical sensitive population (CSP) cases compared to controls categorized by genotype.

<p>^a. OR, odds ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval</p><p>^b. Odds Ratios were adjusted by age, smoking, and drinking</p><p>^c. <i>p</i> value <0.05 is considered statistically significant</p><p>d. Reference category</p

Age-specific impacts of height (H) on PEF and FEF₅₀ estimated for three different age groups of both men and women.

<p>(A): Partial regression coefficients of Ln(H) for reference means of Ln(PEF) in young-, middle-, and advanced-age groups of either gender. Partial regression coefficients of Ln(H) for ΔLn(PEF) are defined as ΔLn(PEF)/ΔLn(H). (B): Partial regression coefficients of Ln(H) for Ln(FEF₅₀) are defined as ΔLn(FEF₅₀)/ΔLn(H).</p

Demographic, anthropometric, and spirometric characteristics of female participants.

<p>Values are the means ± SD. Symbols are the same as denoted in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0100733#pone-0100733-t001" target="_blank">Table 1</a>. ^*: different from the young-age group (at least p<0.03). ^†: different from the middle-age group (at least p<0.03).</p

Partial-regression coefficients of log-transformed equations predicting the reference means of spirometric parameters in the advanced-age male and female groups.

<p>Symbols are the same as shown in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0100733#pone-0100733-t003" target="_blank">Table 3</a>. All coefficients presented are statistically significant (at least p<0.02).</p

Age-specific impacts of body weight (BW) on PEF and FEF₅₀ estimated for three different age groups of male and female participants.

<p>(A): Partial regression coefficients of Ln(BW) for the reference means of Ln(PEF) in young-, middle-, and advanced-age groups of both genders. Partial regression coefficients of Ln(BW) for Ln(PEF) are defined as ΔLn(PEF)/ΔLn(BW). (B): Partial regression coefficients of Ln(BW) for Ln(FEF₅₀) are defined as ΔLn(FEF₅₀)/ΔLn(BW).</p

Age-specific effects of height (H) on decision of FEV₁/FVC and FEF₇₅ estimated for three different age groups of male and female participants.

<p>(A): Partial regression coefficients of Ln(H) for reference means of Ln(FEV₁/FVC) in young-, middle-, and advanced-age groups of either gender. Partial regression coefficients of Ln(H) for Ln(FEV₁/FVC) are denoted as ΔLn(FEV₁/FVC)/ΔLn(H). (B): Partial regression coefficients of Ln(H) for Ln(FEF₇₅) are designated as ΔLn(FEV₇₅)/ΔLn(H).</p

Age-specific impacts of body fat mass (BFM) on deciding FEF₅₀ and FEF₇₅ estimated for three different age groups of male and female participants.

<p>(A): Partial regression coefficients of Ln(BFM) for reference means of Ln(FEF₅₀) in young-, middle-, and advanced-age groups of either gender. They are expressed as ΔLn(FEF₅₀)/ΔLn(BFM). (B): Partial regression coefficients of Ln(BFM) for Ln(FEF₇₅) are defined as ΔLn(FEF₇₅)/ΔLn(BFM).</p

Age-specific impacts of body fat mass (BFM) on FEV₁ and FEV₁/FVC estimated for three different age groups of both men and women.

<p>(A): Partial regression coefficients of Ln(BFM) for reference means of Ln(FEV₁) in young-, middle-, and advanced-age groups of either gender, which were expressed as ΔLn(FEV₁)/ΔLn(BFM). (B): Partial regression coefficients of Ln(BFM) for Ln(FEV₁/FVC), being defined as ΔLn(FEV₁/FVC)/ΔLn(BFM).</p

Age-specific effects of height (H) on decision of FVC and FEV₁ estimated for three different age groups of either males or females.

<p>(A): Partial regression coefficients of Ln(H) for reference means of Ln(FVC) in young-, middle-, and advanced-age groups of both genders. Partial regression coefficients of Ln(H) for Ln(FVC) are denoted as ΔLn(FVC)/ΔLn(H). (B): Partial regression coefficients of Ln(H) for Ln(FEV₁) are designated as ΔLn(FEV₁)/ΔLn(H).</p

Age-specific contributions of body weight (BW) to FVC and FEV₁ estimated for three different age groups of both genders.

<p>(A): Partial regression coefficients of Ln(BW) for reference means of Ln(FVC) in young-, middle-, and advanced-age groups of either gender. They are designated as ΔLn(FVC)/ΔLn(BW). (B): Partial regression coefficients of Ln(BW) for Ln(FEV₁) are designated as ΔLn(FEV₁)/ΔLn(BW).</p