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. 2021 Jul 20;8:691609. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.691609

Table 4.

Six-min walk distance and heart rate.

Discharge 1 week 4 weeks 12 weeks 24 weeks
6MW (m)
PR group 462.12 ± 31.61 495.88 ± 34.67 * 557.94 ± 38.44 * 584.41 ± 20.12 * 598.71 ± 22.35 *
Control group 448.56 ± 31.10 470.83 ± 35.70 514.22 ± 43.47 * 573.11 ± 29.20* 590.33 ± 19.88 *
PR vs. control p > 0.05 p < 0.05 p < 0.01 p > 0.05 p > 0.05
p and η2 for ANOVA ptime < 0.001, ηtime2 = 0.932, pgroup < 0.05, ηgroup2 = 0.124,
ptime*group < 0.001, ηtime*group2 = 0.168
HR (beats/min)
PR group 90.71 ± 9.30 83.24 ± 8.46 * 78.59 ± 6.73 * 76.06 ± 6.09 * 76.06 ± 6.09 *
Control group 97.44 ± 10.39 97.05 ± 14.24 88.61 ± 9.37 78.61 ± 9.37 * 77.00 ± 6.16 *
PR vs. control p = 0.052 p < 0.001 p < 0.001 p > 0.05 p > 0.05
p and η2 for ANOVA ptime < 0.001, ηtime2= 0.778, pgroup < 0.05, ηgroup2 = 0.143,
ptime*group < 0.001, ηtime*group2 = 0.332

PR, pulmonary rehabilitation; 6MW, 6-min walk distance; HR, heart rate.

P-value of PR. vs. Control was from Student's t-test between two groups.

P-value of the comparison between different times was from post-hoc test with Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons [C5(2)]:

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p <0.05/10 vs. discharge;

p < 0.05/10 vs. 1 week;

p < 0.05/10 vs. 4 weeks.