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

Table 5.

Forced vital capacity and forced expiratory volume in 1 s.

Discharge 1 week 4 weeks 12 weeks 24 weeks
FVC (L)
PR group 2.05 ± 0.26 2.11 ± 0.29 2.75 ± 0.30 * 2.89 ± 0.22 * 2.95 ± 0.15 *
Control group 1.91 ± 0.21 2.02 ± 0.19 2.51 ± 0.20 * 2.86 ± 0.12 * 2.91 ± 0.10 *
PR vs. control p = 0.096 p > 0.05 p < 0.05 p > 0.05 p > 0.05
p and η2 for ANOVA ptime < 0.001, ηtime2 = 0.947, pgroup = 0.053, ηgroup2 = 0.109,
ptime*group < 0.05, ηtime*group2 = 0.288
FVC (% predicted)
PR group 64.25 ± 7.94 66.29 ± 9.14 86.27 ± 9.14 * 90.61 ± 6.05 * 92.64 ± 3.27 *
Control group 60.04 ± 6.28 63.46 ± 6.32 78.87 ± 7.55 * 89.96 ± 4.05 * 91.51 ± 2.62 *
PR vs. control p = 0.090 p > 0.05 p < 0.05 p > 0.05 p > 0.05
p and η2 for ANOVA ptime < 0.001, ηtime2 = 0.946, pgroup = 0.061, ηgroup2 = 0.102,
ptime*group < 0.05, ηtime*group2 = 0.295
FEV1 (L)
PR group 1.52 ± 0.12 1.54 ± 0.14 2.12 ± 0.11 * 2.25 ± 0.10 * 2.29 ± 0.14 *
Control group 1.43 ± 0.11 1.48 ± 0.09 1.88 ± 0.12 * 2.24 ± 0.10 * 2.31 ± 0.13 *
PR vs. control p < 0.05 p < 0.05 p < 0.001 p > 0.05 p > 0.05
p and η2 for ANOVA ptime < 0.001, ηtime2 = 0.980, pgroup < 0.01, ηgroup2 = 0.302,
ptime*group < 0.001, ηtime*group2 = 0.499
FEV1 (% predicted)
PR group 63.62 ± 5.82 64.54 ± 7.11 88.76 ± 6.22 * 94.06 ± 0.43 * 95.83 ± 5.29 *
Control group 59.81 ± 4.94 61.58 ± 5.29 78.96 ± 6.91 * 93.85 ± 5.61 * 97.01 ± 5.79 *
PR vs. control p < 0.05 p < 0.05 p < 0.001 p > 0.05 p > 0.05
p and η2 for ANOVA ptime <0.001, ηtime2 = 0.938, pgroup <0.05, ηgroup2 = 0.152,
ptime*group <0.001, ηtime*group2 = 0.198
FEV1/FVC (%)
PR group 74.73 ± 5.89 73.67 ± 8.08 77.70 ± 6.70 78.15 ± 5.96 77.62 ± 4.25
Control group 74.99 ± 5.55 74.39 ± 6.63 75.32 ± 5.43 78.30 ± 4.37 78.55 ± 5.35
PR vs. control p > 0.05 p > 0.05 p > 0.05 p > 0.05 p > 0.05
p and η2 for ANOVA ptime <0.001, ηtime2 = 0.565, pgroup > 0.05, ηgroup2 = 0.004,
ptime*group > 0.05, ηtime*group2 = 0.210

PR, pulmonary rehabilitation; FVC, forced vital capacity; FEV1, forced expiratory volume in 1s.

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)]:

*

p < 0.05/10 vs. discharge;

p < 0.05/10 vs. 1 week;

p < 0.05/10 vs. 4 weeks.