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. 2023 Oct 27;149(19):17467–17478. doi: 10.1007/s00432-023-05469-5

Table 2.

Pulmonary function parameters post-chemotherapy, post-intervention and 1 year post-intervention

Baseline Post-chemotherapy Post-intervention 1 year post-intervention
Mean (SD) n Mean (SD) n Mean (SD) n Mean (SD) n
FVCpredicted
 Group A 96.7 (12.5) 15 93.1 (10.4) 15 95.8 (10.0) 15 98.0 (11.1) 15
 Group B 103.3 (11.0) 15 94.4 (14.1) 15 99.9 (10.6) 14 102.3 (12.5) 14
FEV1predicted
 Group A 91.9 (12.4) 15 88.9 (11.4) 15 91.2 (12.0) 15 92.5 (13.2) 15
 Group B 99.1 (10.2) 15 90.5 (11.9) 15 96.9 (7.5) 14 98.4 (9.5) 14
FEV1/FVC
 Group A 77.8 (6.3) 15 78.3 (7.0) 15 77.9 (6.7) 15 76.8 (6.9) 15
 Group B 78.5 (4.8) 15 78.9 (6.5) 15 79.6 (6.4) 14 78.8 (6.0) 14
DLCO%predicted
 Group A 90.7 (8.7) 15 79.5 (8.5) 15 84.6 (8.9) 15 92.6 (8.0) 15
 Group B 88.3 (11.9) 15 72.1 (10.2) 15 81.4 (9.5) 14 86.3 (13.2) 14
KCO%predicted
 Group A 104.5 (18.6) 15 94.1 (9.0) 15 98.9 (13.4) 15 101.4 (12.7) 15
 Group B 96.7 (12.0) 15 85.8 (9.9) 15 91.1 (10.8) 14 90.7 (11.0) 14

group A exercise intervention initiated during chemotherapy, group B exercise intervention initiated after chemotherapy, SD standard deviation, FVC forced vital capacity, FEV1 forced expiratory volume-one second, DLCO carbon monoxide diffusing capacity, KCO carbon monoxide transfer coefficient