. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.

Published in final edited form as: Lung. 2015 Aug 9;193(5):725–731. doi: 10.1007/s00408-015-9780-0

Table 2.

Breathing pattern (n = 10) expressed as the area under the curve (arbitrary units (a.u.))

	Fan on leg	Fan on face	p value
V_O2 (a.u.)	179.2 (72.1, 619.4)	165.7 (64.3, 640.0)	0.19
RR (a.u.)	7640.4 (4095.5, 24,708.1)	7710.2 (3877.8, 25,072.6)	0.13
V_t (a.u.)	10,598.9 (5155.0, 29,352.2)	10,063.4 (5172.3, 49,171.7)	0.38
V_E (a.u.)	7790.0 (3183.5, 20,765.3)	7595.6 (2555.8, 20,849.2)	0.23
T_i (a.u.)	238.3 (118.0, 731.6)	233.3 (132.4, 751.2)	0.04
T_e (a.u.)	478.9 (236.7, 1418.1)	506.0 (241.3, 1491.3)	0.19
V_T/T_i (a.u.)	342.7 (167.4, 1170.3)	347.0 (143.3, 1104.8)	0.05
V_T/T_e (a.u.)	220.0 (80.0, 544.2)	208.1 (62.6, 550.3)	0.19
f/V_T (a.u.)	10,600.3 (5155.9, 29,352.1)	10,063.2 (5172.0, 30,513.8)	0.31
Borg (a.u.)	6.5 (0–10)	5.0 (0–10)	0.03
IC (L)	1.26 (0.56–2.89)	1.4 (0.6–3.25)	0.06

Data are presented as median (range)

V_O2 oxygen uptake, RR respiratory rate; V_t tidal volume; V_E minute ventilation, T_i inspiratory time; T_e expiratory time; V_t/T_i inspiratory flow rate; V_t/T_e expiratory flow rate; f/V_t respiratory rate/tidal volume, IC inspiratory capacity