Table 7.
Spirometry items of the patients during the study between inteventional and control groups
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| Baseline | 4th Week | 8th Week | Difference of 1st to 4th | Difference of 1st to 8th | ||
| FEV1 (%) | A | 64.97±20.45 | 73.95±19.28 | 74.63±18.28 | 8.97±10.30 | 9.66±10.42 |
| B | 66±18.05 | 70.42±18.28 | 71±17.97 | 4.42±5.44 | 5±7.06 | |
| p-value | 0.578 | 0.394 | 0.304 | 0.011 | 0.009 | |
| FEV1 (L) | A | 1.98±0.75 | 2.33±0.83 | 2.38±0.77 | 0.34±0.54 | 0.39±0.53 |
| B | 2.06±0.75 | 2.18±0.75 | 2.20±0.71 | 0.12±0.3 | 0.14±0.36 | |
| p-value | 0.575 | 0.448 | 0.337 | 0.044 | 0.028 | |
| MEF (%) | A | 45.45±22.08 | 59.39±28.69 | 61.92±27.90 | 13.95±19.23 | 16.47±20.66 |
| B | 47.29±22.66 | 54.72±27.45 | 58.16±29.52 | 7.42±18.51 | 10.87±18.62 | |
| p-value | 0.659 | 0.519 | 0.499 | 0.067 | 0.232 | |
| MEF (L) | A | 1.68±0.96 | 2.12±1.12 | 2.18±1.08 | 0.43±0.65 | 0.5±0.71 |
| B | 1.63±84 | 1.83±1.06 | 1.95±1.08 | 0.2±0.63 | 0.32±0.62 | |
| p-value | 0.913 | 0.285 | 0.321 | 0.097 | 0.209 | |
| FEV1/FVC | A | 64.87±8.26 | 72.71±8.96 | 73.42±9.58 | 7.84±8.68 | 8.55±8.75 |
| B | 64.92±7.57 | 67.11±8.57 | 68.11±9.12 | 2.18±8.67 | 3.18±8.78 | |
| p-value | 0.978 | 0.011 | 0.019 | 0.001 | 0.003 | |
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p-value was tested with * Mann-Whitney U Test