Table 2
Time varying Cox proportional hazards analysis
Variable
Hazard ratio
95% confidence interval
p value
FEV
1
(decreasing) per unit % predicted change
1.10
1.06 to 1.14
<0.001
Colonisation (present in 1993 or acquired)
7.92
2.65 to 23.69
<0.001
Age (years) in 1993 (covariate)
1.08
0.99 to 1.18
0.08