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Table 1 Subjects characteristic in patients with COPD and control subjects

From: Does pulmonary rehabilitation address cardiovascular risk factors in patients with COPD?

 

Controls n = 20

Baseline Patients n = 32

p value

Age (years) #

64 (51-81)

65 (49-80)

0.730

Gender (male%)

7 (35%)

11 (34%)

0.964

Height (m)

1.67 (0.09)

1.62 (0.09)

0.083

Weight (kg)

74.1 (15.9)

67.0 (19.0)

0.166

BMI (kg/m 2 )

26.5 (3.9)

25.4 (6.4)

0.521

Smoking pack-years #

15 (5-50)

40 (5-90)

<0.001

Current smokers

2 (10%)

5 (15%)

0.595

FEV 1 (L)

2.72 (0.66)

0.99 (0.39)

<0.001

FEV 1 (% predicted)

108 (14)

45 (20)

<0.001

FVC (L)

3.50 (0.91)

2.18 (0.68)

<0.001

FVC (% predicted)

114 (13)

78 (22)

<0.001

FEV 1 /FVC

0.78 (0.06)

0.46 (0.15)

<0.001

SpO 2 (%) #

97 (94-97)

96 (85-96)

<0.01

Physical Activity Score (METs)#

38 (28-78)

31 (25-58)

<0.001

  1. Data presented as mean (SD), unless # = median (range).
  2. *p < 0.05 and **p < 0.01 difference between baseline patients and control subjects
  3. Abbreviations: BMI = body mass index; FEV 1 = forced expiratory volume in 1 second; FVC = forced vital capacity; METs = metabolic equivalents; SpO 2 = oxygen saturations pulse oximetry.
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