Table 1.

Values of MIP, MEP and FVC measured at baseline and at follow-up visits.

Patient	PFT	6–8 months before	Baseline	3 months	6 months	9 months	12 months	24 months
1	MIP	50	50	53	51	55	50	47
	MEP	44	43	49	46	47	46	48
	FVC	79	79	81	78	76	80	88
2	MIP	22	12	17	15	14	15	18
	MEP	30	10	12	13	12	10	10
	FVC	33	32	31	30	29	27	27
3	MIP	61	12	15	16	19	15	14
	MEP	70	13	14	15	18	19	17
	FVC	48	42	46	43	41	38	40
4	MIP	34	30	35	33	32	31	35
	MEP	40	18	24	26	20	21	26
	FVC	81	86	75	88	83	80	92
5	MIP	30	63	74	74	73	70	74
	MEP	48	43	51	49	48	45	38
	FVC	62	51	65	60	55	58	57
6	MIP	36	35	58	59	55	56	50
	MEP	68	41	48	49	45	43	41
	FVC	25	23	25	21	17	19	21
7	MIP	33	24	29	33	35	31	31
	MEP	62	24	21	29	26	15	12
	FVC	30	23	29	20	25	24	28
8	MIP	28	27	36	35	30	31	29
	MEP	34	17	20	21	20	19	21
	FVC	40	35	37	32	34	31	30