Table 2.

Anthropometric characteristics and 6MWD values from the three regions.

	Southeast (n=194)	South (n=271)	Northeast (n=152)	p value#
Age (years)	47.00 (33.0-67.00)	58.00* (37.00-69.00)	35.50*† (22.00-57.00)	<0.001
Height (cm)	166.00 (158.75-172.00)	167.00 (157.00-174.00)	160.50*† (154.25-165.75)	<0.001
Weight (kg)	69.95 (62.00-79.28)	71.00 (63.00-79.20)	59.90*† (55.00-68.81)	<0.001
BMI (kg.m-2)	25.48 (23.08-28.13)	25.59 (23.39-27.97)	23.46*† (21.01-27.23)	<0.001
6MWD (m)	570.00 (515.75-642.00)	581.00 (512.00-658.00)	598.00*† (477.13-664.50)	0.457

Data are expressed as median (interquartile range 25%-75%).

^#Kruskal-Wallis Test.

^*p<0.01 compared to Southeast

^†p<0.01 compared to South. Post hoc Mann-Whitney test. 6MWD= six minute walking distance