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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Adherence to walking exercise prescription during pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD with a commercial activity monitor: a feasibility trial

Baseline characteristics

Mean (SD)

Age, years

66.3 (7.0)

Male sex (%)

11 (58)

FEV1%predicted

40.8 (15.7)

MRC grade

 

1/2/3/4/5 (%)

0/3/7/7/2 (0/16/37/37/11)

BMI

27.3 (6.1)

Oxygen use (%)

3 (16)

Smoking status

 

Current/former/never (%)

0/18/1 (0/95/5)

ISWT (m) median (IQR)

280 (220)

ESWT (sec)

249 (113)

QMVC (kg)

19.6 (8.7)

CRQ dyspnoea

2.5 (0.8)

CRQ fatigue

3.2 (1.1)

CRQ emotion

4.3 (1.0)

CRQ mastery

4.4 (1.1)

  1. N = 19. Data are reported as mean (SD) unless otherwise stated
  2. BMI Body Mass Index, CRQ Chronic Respiratory Disease Questionnaire, ESWT endurance shuttle walk test, FEV1% forced expiratory volume in 1 s % predicted, ISWT incremental shuttle walking test, MRC Medical Research Council, QMVC quadriceps maximal voluntary contraction
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