Table 1: Patient characteristics before and after pulmonary rehabilitation programs.
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PRE-TRAINING |
POST-TRAINING |
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Patient characteristics |
CTL |
EXP |
p |
CTL |
EXP |
p |
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Age (yr) |
68.6 ± 6.8 |
67.0 ± 7.1 |
0.68 |
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Weight (kg) |
71.7 ± 13.0 |
70.2 ± 21.1 |
0.88 |
71.5 ± 14.5 |
71.0 ± 20.9 |
0.80 |
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Body mass index (kg/m2) |
27.1 ± 4.5 |
26.4 ± 7.0 |
0.85 |
27.5 ± 4.6 |
26.5 ± 6.7 |
0.76 |
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Fat mass (%) |
37.5 ± 9.1 |
29.9 ± 19.9 |
0.43 |
36.8 ± 9.5 |
29.6 ± 13.3 |
0.48 |
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Muscle (%) |
25.2 ± 3.2 |
28.9 ± 7.18 |
0.85 |
26.0 ± 3.8 |
29.4 ± 6.1 |
0.36 |
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TPR (cm)* |
46.1 ± 2.3 |
42.0 ± 4.47 |
0.52 |
48.1 ± 4.61 |
43.4 ± 4.5 |
0.47 |
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TPL (cm)* |
43.7 ± 3.5 |
41.0 ± 2.92 |
0.59 |
46.0 ± 4.9 |
46.5 ± 4.8 |
0.45 |
Values are presented as group means ± SD. CTL., Control group; EXP: Experimental group.
*TPR: Thigh Perimeter Right leg, *TPL: Thigh Perimeter Left leg