Table 2.

Pulmonary function at baseline and after early resistance exercise and control groups.

	Intervention	Control	P
FVC (%)
Preoperative	77.7±13.3	81.7±16.9	0.53
Hospital discharge	49.7±13.3	58.3±13.9	0.09
P	< 0.0001	0.0004
FEV1 (%)
Preoperative	83.9±14.8	89±15.3	0.65
Hospital discharge	54.2±14.8	61.8±15.7	0.14
P	< 0.0001	0.0002
FEV1/FVC (%)
Preoperative	108.8±8.3	107.2±12.9	0.94
Hospital discharge	110.6±4.9	106.7±9.7	0.13
P	0.57	0.53
PEF (%)
Preoperative	64.9±18.5	60±22.2	0.45
Hospital discharge	44.5±14.8	47.4±16.2	0.29
P	0.002	0.04

FVC=forced vital capacity; FEV₁=forced expiratory volume in the first second; FEV₁/FVC=forced expiratory coefficient in the first second; PEF=peak expiratory flow. Data showed as mean ± standard deviation. Mann-Whitney test.