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Table 2 Patient characteristics of development set and validation set

From: Ultrasound assessment of the rectus femoris in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease predicts poor exercise tolerance: an exploratory study

 

Development set

Validation set

P value

n

108

46

 

Age

64 (41–81)

65 (54–83)

0.62

Sex/male (%)

75 (69)

33 (72)

0.926

FEV1 (L)

1.54 (0.45–3.1)

1.63 (0.63–2.9)

0.424

FEV1%pred

58.12 (15.8–99.5)

62.38 (30.1–110.6)

0.263

FVC (L)

2.79 (0.98–5.21)

2.82 (0.92–4.75)

0.852

FVC% pred

80.14 (34.4–119.6)

82.72 (49.2–123.8)

0.671

FEV1/FVC

54.00 (31–68.59)

57.16 (32–68.98)

0.082

RV (L)

4.12 (1.97–7.31)

3.90 (1.34–6.43)

0.608

TLC (L)

6.55 (3.88–9.84)

6.14 (3.52–8.72)

0.316

RV/TLC (%)

75.58 (39–242.4)

68.53 (31–149.2)

0.522

BMI (kg/m2)

24.10 (11.3–37.3)

23.48 (17.2–30)

0.357

FFMI (kg/m2)

17.09 (9.5–23.8)

16.78 (11.8–19.3)

0.461

Height (cm)

165.42 (141–180)

165.40 (147–177)

0.991

Weight (Kg)

65.84 (26.7–110.4)

63.26 (40.2–90.3)

0.323

mMRC

2 (0–4)

2 (0–4)

0.599

CAT

15 (0–37)

14 (0–36)

0.804

RFthick (cm)

5.48 (4.51–6.97)

5.41 (4.5–6.96)

0.515

RFcsa (cm2)

7.06 (6.01–8.22)

7.03 (6.06–8.28)

0.78

6MWD (m)

370.8 (108–554)

365.9 (177–510)

0.721

QMS (kg)

42.89 (21.55–68.1)

42.94 (24.2–65.05)

0.986

  1. FEV1, Forced Expiratory Volume in the first second; FEV1% pred, FEV percentage predicted; FVC, forced vital capacity; FVC% pred, FVC percentage predicted; RV, residual volume; TLC, total lung capacity; BMI, body mass index; FFMI, fat-free mass index; CAT, COPD Assessment Test; 6MWD, 6-min walk distance; QMS, quadriceps muscle strength