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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics I

From: Reference values for the 6-minute walk test in healthy children and adolescents in Switzerland

 

Numbers (%)

 

Mean ± SD

Total number of patients

496

Female/male

252/244 (51/49)

Age (years)

11.1 ±3.4

Body weight (kg)

41 ±17

Height (cm)

147 ±2

Body mass index (kg/m 2 )

17.9 ±3.3

Mean Artery Pressure before test (mmHg)

80 ±10

Mean Artery Pressure after test (mmHg)

87 ±11

Pulse rate before test (bpm)

95 ±16

Pulse rate after test (bpm)

136 ±23

Pulse rate increase (bpm)

41 ±23

Transcutaneous oxygen saturation before test (%)

97 ±4

Transcutaneous oxygen saturation after test (%)

97 ± 1

Desaturation (%)

0 ± 1

Six-minute walking distance (m)

618 ± 79