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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Card Fail. 2014 Oct 15;21(1):60–67. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2014.10.004

Table 2.

Changes in Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Parameters and Quality of Life by Pacing and Exercise Group

Parameter No device RV pacing BiV pacing
Usual care
n=629
Exercise
n=584
Usual Care
n=332
Exercise
n= 351
Usual Care
n= 211
Exercise
n=224
CPX duration (min) at baseline 10.0
n=620 (7.0, 12.8)
9.8
n=580 (7.0, 12.0)
9.5
n=330 (7.0, 12.0)
9.3
n=346 (6.5, 12.0)
9.0
n=210 (6.7, 11.1)
9.1
n=223 (6.6, 11.6)
 At 3 months 10.5
n=466 (7.5, 13.3)
11.6
n=495 (9.0, 14.5)
9.8
n=274 (7.4, 12.3)
10.8
n=300 (8.3, 13.7)
9.3
n=167 (7.5, 11.7)
10.6
n=192 (8.1, 14.0)
Peak VO2 at baseline (ml/kg/min) 15.1
n=613 (12.1, 18.7)
14.7
n=580 (11.5, 18.0)
14.1
n=325 (12.2, 17.1)
14.3
n=335 (11.0, 17.4)
13.9
n=205 (11.3, 16.6)
13.8
n=217 (11.3, 16.9)
 At 3 months 15.6
n=456 (12.4, 19.4)
15.9
n=489 (12.6, 19.1)
14.5
n=269 (11.5, 17.5)
15.1
n=288 (11.7, 18.4)
13.9
n=162 (11.7, 16.8)
14.9
n=187 (12.1, 18.3)
KCCQ overall at baseline 70
n=628 (51, 85)
69
n=584 (51, 85)
68
n=332 (51, 84)
67
n=351 (52, 82)
67
n=211 (53, 82)
63
n=224 (47, 79)
 At 3 months 75
n=498 (56, 89)
76
n=511 (59, 90)
72
n=282 (55, 86)
73
n=317 (58, 88)
71
n=185 (55, 82)
72
n=209 (52, 85)
Pro-BNP at baseline (pg/ml) 621.4
n=373 (278.4, 1484)
582.4
n=357 (221.7, 1313)
980.7
n=194 (459.7, 2069)
924.1
n=207 (406.7, 2171)
1315
n=120 (509.6, 2694)
1236
n=132 (528.7, 3023)
 At 3 months 558.0
n=272 (219.9, 1581)
480.8
n=260 (183.7, 1264)
959.8
n=144 (418.9, 1949)
998.2
n=159 (410.2, 2399)
881.5
n=93 (367.3, 1975)
1197
n=116 (522.5, 2801)
*

Continuous variables show as median (25th, 75th percentiles). These data represent the overall results and are not adjusted for missing data.