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. 2022 Aug 24;9:949281. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.949281

TABLE 4.

Pulmonary function test.

Parameters Patients P-value

Patients with hemidiaphragm dysfunction or paralysis Patients with normal diaphragm
Number of patients 13 119
SVC (L) 2.4 ± 0.7 3.5 ± 0.9 0.001
SVC (% predicted) 63 ± 17 90 ± 17 <0.001
TLC (L) 4.3 ± 1 5.5 ± 1.2 <0.005
TLC (% predicted) 71 ± 14 90 ± 16 <0.001
DLCO 52 ± 23 71 ± 17 <0.05
Borg10 (median, 25–75%) 5 ± 3 (3–6) 3 ± 3 (2–5) <0.05
mMRC (median, 25–75%) 3 ± 2 (1–3) 1 ± 2 (0–2) <0.001

SVC, slow vital capacity; TLCO, total lung capacity; mMRC, Medical Research Council scale for dyspnea.