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Table 3 Incidence of PT during post-flight and non-flight periods

From: Air travel and incidence of pneumothorax in lymphangioleiomyomatosis

Start of exposure period

Exposure period type

Exposure period duration (lung-yr)

Number of PT during exposure period

PT incidence per lung per yr (CI)

Risk ratio (CI)

first symptoms of LAM

total

1835.4

119

0.065 (0.054–0.077)

 

non-flight

1808.6

113

0.062 (0.052–0.075)

3.58 (1.40–7.45)

30 days post-flight

26.8

6

0.223 (0.089–0.453)

LAM diagnosis

total

930.7

43

0.046 (0.034–0.061)

 

non-flight

909.7

40

0.044 (0.032–0.059)

3.25 (0.79–8.93)

30 days post-flight

21.0

3

0.143 (0.035–0.370)

  1. CI confidence interval