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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cardiopulm Phys Ther J. 2019 Apr;30(2):61–69. doi: 10.1097/CPT.0000000000000087

Table 4.

Predictors of change in 6-minute walk distance with rehabilitation.

Predictor Parameter Estimate (95% CI) P-value
Age, decades 4.58 (−10.21,19.37) 0.543
Ethnicity −12.48 (−60.05,35.08) 0.606
Gender −2.04 (−29.98,25.89) 0.886
Days Between 6MWD Assessments 0.40 (−0.37,1.18) 0.310
Lung Disease Type −45.60 (−130.00,34.00) 0.252
Baseline Exercise Oxygen Use (liters/min) −1.68 (−3.23, −0.12) 0.035
Pre-Rehab SOBQ (continuous predictor) −0.24 (−1.07, 0.59) 0.569
Pre-Rehab CESD (≥ to 16) 1.88 (−31.86,35.62) 0.913
Pre-Rehab QLI (continuous predictor) −1.85 (−5.91,2.22) 0.371
Pre-Rehab 6MWD (continuous predictor) −0.35 (−0.50, −0.21) < 0.001

SOBQ= San Diego Shortness of Breath Questionnaire, CESD= Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale, QLI= Ferrans and Powers Quality of Life Index Pulmonary Version III, 6MWD=six-minute walk distance