Table 3: PFT differences between living and deceased.
Deceased (n = 17) | Living (n = 31) | P-value | |
FEV1% | 77 ± 7.5 | 88.9 ± 14.1 | 0.01 |
FVC% | 72.2 ± 9.3 | 83.5 ± 11.1 | 0.005 |
FEV1/FVC% | 82.3 ± 5.8 | 78.5 ± 6.6 | > 0.05 |
DLCO% | 41.2 ± 16.4 | 58.5 ± 13.3 | 0.003 |
KCO% | 67.9 ± 25.2 | 86.1 ± 20.9 | |
TLC% | 65.1 ± 11.5 | 78.5 ± 15.3 | 0.01 |
CPI | 52.1 ± 11.6 | 38.9 ± 10.1 | 0.002 |
6MWT (m) | 409 ± 58 | 373.8 ± 124.3 | > 0.05 |
Desaturation 6MWT (%) | 13.6 ± 5.5 | 6.47 ± 4.6 | 0.03 |
AaPO2 (mmHg) | 45.7 ± 17 | 22.3 ± 13.4 | 0.01 |
Initial SaO2 (%) | 94 ± 0.1 | 94.8 ± 3.2 | > 0.05 |
Final SaO2 (%) | 80.3 ± 5.5 | 88.5 ± 6.4 | > 0.05 |
Abbreviations: FVC: Forced Vital Capacity; FEV1: Forced Expired Volume in One Second; FEV1/FVC: Ratio Forced Expired Volume in One Second and Forced Vital Capacity;
TLC: Total Lung Capacity; DLCO: Diffusing Capacity of Carbon Monoxide; KCO: Carbon Monoxide Transfer Coefficient; CPI: Composite Physiologic Index SaO2 Oxygen Saturation.
6MWT: Six-minute Walking Test. AaPO2: Alveolar-Arterial Oxygen Tension Difference. mmHg: Mercury Millimeters; m: Meters; Average and Standard deviation.