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. 2019 Jun 8;16(11):2040. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16112040

Table 2.

Results from the F1-LD-F1 model for FeNO, nasal eosinophilic count, mucociliary clearance time, spirometry and differential blood count.

Parameter F1-LD-F1 Model Relative Treatment Effects
F p-value Time Interaction Effects
Oral FeNO (ppb) Treat 1.15 (1.00, ∞) 1.000 n.s Exercise 0.42 T0 0.54 Exercise × T0 0.55 Control × T0 0.52
Time 4.39 (1.63, ∞) 0.055 Control 0.53 T1 0.39 Exercise × T1 0.29 Control × T1 0.49
Treat × Time 3.17 (1.63, ∞) 0.261 n.s T2 0.50 Exercise × T2 0.41 Control × T2 0.58
Treat × T1 10.23 (1.0, ∞) 0.008 **
Nasal FeNO (ppb) Treat 0.37 (1.00, ∞) 1.000 n.s Exercise 0.46 T0 0.52 Exercise × T0 0.55 Control × T0 0.48
Time 0.65 (1.83, ∞) 0.509 n.s Control 0.52 T1 0.44 Exercise × T1 0.40 Control × T1 0.47
Treat × Time 0.99 (1.83, ∞) 0.733 n.s T2 0.51 Exercise × T2 0.44 Control × T2 0.59
Nasal Eosinophil Count (%) Treat 0.08 (1.00, ∞) 1.000 n.s Exercise 0.51 T0 0.50 Exercise × T0 0.57 Control × T0 0.42
Time 2.40 (1.98, ∞) 0.183 n.s Control 0.49 T1 0.46 Exercise × T1 0.45 Control × T1 0.47
Treat × Time 3.90 (1.98, ∞) 0.021 * T2 0.55 Exercise × T2 0.52 Control × T2 0.58
Mucociliary Clearance Time (min) Treat 0.50 (1.00, ∞) 0.754 n.s Exercise 0.47 T0 0.52 Exercise × T0 0.50 Control × T0 0.55
Time 3.64 (1.8,1 ∞) 0.061 n.s Control 0.52 T1 0.44 Exercise × T1 0.38 Control × T1 0.50
Treat × Time 1.88 (1.81, ∞) 0.470 n.s T2 0.53 Exercise × T2 0.53 Control × T2 0.52
FVC (%) Treat 0.06 (1.00, ∞) 1.000 n.s Exercise 0.49 T0 0.50 Exercise × T0 0.47 Control × T0 0.52
Time 0,65 (1.81, ∞) 1.000 n.s Control 0.51 T1 0.49 Exercise × T1 0.48 Control × T1 0.51
Treat × Time 1,92 (1.81, ∞) 0.303 n.s T2 0.51 Exercise × T2 0.51 Control × T2 0.50
FEV1 Treat 0.89 (1.00, ∞) 0.689 n.s Exercise 0.45 T0 0.49 Exercise × T0 0.44 Control × T0 0.54
Time 1.58 (1.81, ∞) 0.416 n.s Control 0.54 T1 0.51 Exercise × T1 0.47 Control × T1 0.55
Treat × Time 0.49 (1.81, ∞) 1.000 n.s T2 0.48 Exercise × T2 0.45 Control × T2 0.52
FEV1/FVC (%) Treat 1.71 (1.00, ∞) 0.585 n.s Exercise 0.43 T0 0.49 Exercise × T0 0.43 Control × T0 0.55
Time 4.10 (1.85, ∞) 0.076 Control 0.55 T1 0.52 Exercise × T1 0.47 Control × T1 0.56
Treat × Time 2.61 (1.85, ∞) 0.313 n.s T2 0.47 Exercise × T2 0.40 Control × T2 0.55
PEF (%) Treat 0.05 (1.00, ∞) 1.000 n.s Exercise 0.49 T0 0.46 Exercise × T0 0.48 Control × T0 0.45
Time 2.70 (1.98, ∞) 0.068 Control 0.51 T1 0.52 Exercise × T1 0.48 Control × T1 0.56
Treat × Time 2.59 (1.88, ∞) 0.302 n.s T2 0.51 Exercise × T2 0.51 Control × T2 0.52
MEF 25%-75% Treat 1.94 (1.00, ∞) 0.328 n.s Exercise 0.43 T0 0.49 Exercise × T0 0.41 Control × T0 0.56
Time 2.73 (1.76, ∞) 0.145 n.s Control 0.56 T1 0.52 Exercise × T1 0.47 Control × T1 0.56
Treat × Time 2.00 (1.76, ∞) 0.284 n.s T2 0.48 Exercise × T2 0.41 Control × T2 0.55
WBC (10³/µL) Treat 9.16 (1.00, ∞) 0.005 ** Exercise 0.62 T0 0.52 Exercise × T0 0.67 Control × T0 0.36
Time 0.27 (1.98, ∞) 0.758 n.s Control 0.40 T1 0.49 Exercise × T1 0.52 Control × T1 0.47
Treat × Time 6.31 (1.98, ∞) 0.002 ** T2 0.52 Exercise × T2 0.66 Control × T2 0.38
RBC (106/µL) Treat 0.24 (1.00, ∞) 0.622 n.s Exercise 0.52 T0 0.53 Exercise × T0 0.54 Control × T0 0.53
Time 1.35 (1.93, ∞) 0.520 n.s Control 0.48 T1 0.49 Exercise × T1 0.52 Control × T1 0.45
Treat × Time 0.40 (1.93, ∞) 1.000 n.s T2 0.49 Exercise × T2 0.51 Control × T2 0.46
Blood Neutrophil count (%) Treat 0.65 (1.00, ∞) 0.419 n.s Exercise 0.54 T0 0.51 Exercise × T0 0.59 Control × T0 0.44
Time 0.16 (1.57, ∞) 0.798 n.s Control 0.47 T1 0.50 Exercise × T1 0.52 Control × T1 0.48
Treat × Time 2.25 (1.57, ∞) 0.235 n.s T2 0.50 Exercise × T2 0.51 Control × T2 0.49
Blood Eosinophil count (%) Treat 0.01 (1.00, ∞) 0.907 n.s Exercise 0.49 T0 0.50 Exercise × T0 0.51 Control × T0 0.49
Time 0.18 (1.62, ∞) 0.787 n.s Control 0.50 T1 0.49 Exercise × T1 0.50 Control × T1 0.48
Treat × Time 1.21 (1.62, ∞) 0.292 n.s T2 0.51 Exercise × T2 0.48 Control × T2 0.54

F1-LD-F1 model with time and treatment (treat, exercise or control) and the interaction of treatment and time (treat × time); T0, T1 and T2 time points T0 = day 0, T1 = day 10, T2 = day 60; ** <0.01; * <0.005; <0.1; n.s. not significant. Abbreviations: PEF, peak expiratory flow; MEF 25%–75%, mid-expiratory flow at 25%–75% of the FVC; WBC, white blood cell count; RBC, red blood cell count.