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. 2022 Mar 10;9(1):e28875. doi: 10.2196/28875

Table 1.

Baseline participant characteristics (N=54).

Characteristics Web-based pulmonary
rehabilitation group (n=20)
Conventional pulmonary
rehabilitation group (n=34)
Between-group differences,
P value
Gender (males/females), n 18/2 19/15 .009a
Age (years), mean (SD) 68.3 (6.5) 67.4 (8.6) .60
BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) 27.2 (5.5) 29.8 (6.6) .13
Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (L), mean (SD) 1.52 (0.7) 1.47 (0.6) .84
Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (% predicted), mean (SD) 54.2 (26.9) 55.8 (19.4) >.99
Smoking status: current, n (%) 3 (15) 3 (8.8) .92

Nonsmoker 0 (0) 3 (8.8)

Ex-smoker 17 (85) 26 (76.5)

Unknown 0 (0) 2 (5.9)
Home oxygen usage, n (%) .83

Yes 4 (20) 6 (17.6)

No 16 (80) 28 (82.4)
Medical Research Council Dyspnoea Scale score, median (IQR) 3 (2-4) 3 (2-4) .62
Medical Research Council grade, n (%) .62

2 9 (45) 15 (45.5)

3 5 (25) 8 (24.2)

4 5 (25) 10 (30.3)

5 1 (5) 0 (0)
Incremental shuttle walking test (m), mean (SD) 338.5 (185.7) 286.8 (159.4) .28
Endurance shuttle walk test (seconds), mean (SD) 263.9 (250.1) 256.2 (157.1) .89

aSignificant at P<.05 between groups.