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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2015 Jul-Aug;35(4):231–237. doi: 10.1097/HCR.0000000000000104

Table 2.

Pre- and post-cardiac rehabilitation (CR) values for the entire cohort and separated by surgical group.


Total group

N=313
Valve

N=73		 Valve
+
CABG
N=29
CABG

N=211
Peak VO2 pre
(mLO2*kg−1*min−1) post
 % change		 17.4±4.4
20.8±5.5 *
+ 19.5		 17.2±5.1
20.7±6.1 *
+ 20.3		 16.2±4.8
19.1±6.1 *
+ 17.9		 17.7±4.1
21.1±5.2 *
+ 19.2
Handgrip (kg) pre
 post
 % change		 15.3±4.8
16.5±5.3 *
+ 7.8		 13.6±5.2
15.0±5.5 *
+ 10.3		 14.6±4.7
16.1±5.5 †
+ 10.3		 15.9 ± 4.6
17.0 ± 5.1*
+ 6.9
Weight (kg) pre
 post		 82.0 ± 16.3
82.0 ± 16.3		 77.6 ± 16.4
77.9 ± 16.7		 80.7 ± 16.1
81.3 ± 15.7		 83.7 ± 16.1
83.5 ± 16.2
Physical Function pre
 post
 % change		 59.4±20.9
84.0±19.1*
+ 41.4		 59.6±20.3
81.4±20.0 *
+ 36.6		 60.2±22.1
85.2±19.1 *
+ 41.5		 59.2±21.1
84.5±18.8 *
+ 42.7
Depression Scale pre
 Post
 % change		 3.2 ± 2.7
1.9 ± 2.4 *
− 40.6		 3.2 ± 2.3
2.2 ± 2.4 †
− 31.3		 3.9 ± 3.2
2.4 ± 2.5 †
− 38.5		 3.1 ± 2.7
1.8 ± 2.3 *
− 41.9
*

p<0.0001

†

p<0.05, within group

Comparison of between group difference with cardiac rehabilitation exercise, all p=NS