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. 2022 Jan 24;19:9. doi: 10.1186/s12989-021-00446-7

Table 5.

The average lung reactance (X5, AX), resistance (R5, R19, R5–19) and resonant frequency (FRES) before and after exposure and the paired test

Exposure Before exposure After exposure Related-samples Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test
Median (25%, 75%) Mean (Std. dev.) Median (25%, 75%) Mean (Std. dev.) p values

R5

(cmH2O s L−1)

FA 3.56 (3.28, 4.16) 3.66 (0.87) 3.86 (3.17, 4.31) 3.82 (1.07) 0.215
HVONOx 3.75 (2.86, 4.74) 3.98 (1.33) 3.87 (3.13, 4.86) 4.17 (1.67) 0.494
HVOPM+NOx 3.61 (3.1, 4.68) 4.06 (1.67) 3.6 (2.93, 5.22) 4.10 (1.84) 0.845

R19

(cmH2O s L−1)

FA 3.09 (2.63, 3.77) 3.11 (0.73) 3.24 (2.67, 3.71) 3.20 (0.71) 0.286
HVONOx 3.12 (2.56, 3.96) 3.21 (0.74) 3.33 (2.68, 3.88) 3.28 (0.83) 0.355
HVOPM+NOx 3.14 (2.61, 3.82) 3.17 (0.86) 3.03 (2.54, 3.97) 3.26 (1.00) 0.215

R5–19

(cmH2O s L−1)

FA 0.38 (0.2, 0.72) 0.54 (0.51) 0.51 (0.16, 0.68) 0.63 (0.69) 0.5
HVONOx 0.79 (0.18, 1.11) 0.77 (0.80) 0.72 (0.24, 0.98) 0.88 (1.08) 0.212
HVOPM+NOx 0.49 (0.22, 1.07) 0.89 (1.05) 0.5 (0.27, 1.15) 0.84 (1.04) 0.948

X5

(cmH2O s L−1)

FA − 1.19 (− 1.34, − 1.1) − 1.25 (0.40) − 1.16 (− 1.38, − 0.99) − 1.35 (0.71) 0.306
HVONOx − 1.21 (− 1.45, − 0.88) − 1.3 (0.65) − 1.22 (− 1.53, − 1.1) − 1.49 (1.02) 0.084
HVOPM+NOx − 1.15 (− 1.86, − 1.07) − 1.58 (1.12) − 1.19 (− 1.51, − 0.99) − 1.43 (0.96) 0.102

AX

(cmH2O L−1)

FA 5.9 (4.16, 8.72) 7.44 (5.00) 5.63 (2.75, 8.79) 7.85 (6.66) 0.913
HVONOx 5.99 (3.34, 14.13) 9.24 (7.91) 6.31 (3.19, 13.14) 10.73 (13.13) 0.658
HVOPM+NOx 6.33 (4.26, 15.31) 12.14 (15.50) 5.52 (3.44, 13.97) 12.00 (17.05) 0.586

FRES

(Hz)

FA 15.38 (13.59, 19.47) 16.28 (3.88) 15.64 (12.9, 18.88) 15.93 (4.41) 0.528
HVONOx 14.88 (12.91, 23.66) 17.36 (5.90) 14.88 (12.97, 22.96) 17.61 (5.98) 0.494
HVOPM+NOx 16.22 (12.28, 22.05) 17.64 (5.91) 14.98 (13.56, 19.71) 17.58 (7.18) 0.744