Table 2.
Study site and baseline population demographics (sex, age, pulmonary function and nutritional status) for all participants.
| Ref. | First Author | Year | State/Country | Number of Participants (Female) |
Age | FEV1% | Body Mass (kg) |
Weight for Age% † | BMI (kg/m2) | BMI for Age% § |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [19] | Selvadurai, H.C. | 2002 | New South Wales, Australia | 66 (38) | 13 (2) | 57 (17) | 38.0 (7.8) | 16th | NA | NA |
| [20] | Santana-Sosa, E. | 2012 | Madrid, Spain | 22 (9) | 10.5 (2) | 83 (11) * | 37.0 (3.0) | 65th | 17.8 | 61st |
| [21] | Santana-Sosa, E. | 2014 | Madrid, Spain | 20 (8) | 10.5 (1) | 73 (9) * | 34.0 (3.8) | 47th | 16.1 | 34th |
| [18] | Hommerding, P.X. | 2015 | Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | 34 (14) | 13 (3) | 98 (20) | 45.6 (15.3) | 50th | NA | NA |
Values reported as the mean (standard deviation) of combined intervention and control groups (NA: not available based on data provided). FEV1%: percent predicted of forced expiratory volume in 1 s; BMI: body mass index. * Estimated values based on raw FEV (L/s) and other data reported in manuscript. † Estimated weight-for-age percentile based on reported sex proportion and mean age and body mass for all participants. § Estimated based on sex, age, and reported BMI using standardized growth charts.