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. 2011 Oct 28;12(1):143. doi: 10.1186/1465-9921-12-143

Table 2.

Decline in VC and %VC at week 52 in subpopulations characterized by baseline PaO2 at rest and the lowest SpO2

Item Category 1
SpO2
Category 2
PaO2
High-dose Group Low-dose Group Placebo Group P-value




LS mean (n) SE LS mean (n) SE LS mean (n) SE H vs P L vs P H+L vs P
Change
in VC
6MWT
SpO2≥90
PaO2≥70 Torr -0.115 (43) 0.032 -0.060 (22) 0.045 -0.137 (36) 0.035 0.6423 0.1766 0.2667

PaO2<70 Torr - (1) - - (0) - - (5) - - - -

6MWT
SpO2<90
PaO2≥70 Torr -0.115 (42) 0.043 -0.087 (28) 0.053 -0.199 (56) 0.038 0.1509 0.0881 0.0585

PaO2<70 Torr -0.014 (15) 0.067 -0.102 (4) 0.129 -0.135 (6) 0.105 0.34560 0.8456 0.5556

Change
in %VC
6MWT
SpO2≥90
PaO2≥70 Torr -3.486 (43) 1.013 -2.329 (22) 1.412 -4.544 (36) 1.107 0.4833 0.2200 0.2484

PaO2<70 Torr - (1) - - (0) - - (5) - - - -

6MWT
SpO2<90
PaO2≥70 Torr -3.755 (42) 1.379 -2.629 (28) 1.698 -6.124 (5) 1.199 0.1975 0.0965 0.0744

PaO2<70 Torr -0.204 (15) 2.040 -3.038 (4) 3.951 -3.964 (6) 3.229 0.3364 0.8578 0.5568

(-; not calculated.)