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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participant

From: Comparative efficacy of different combinations of acapella, active cycle of breathing technique, and external diaphragmatic pacing in perioperative patients with lung cancer: a randomised controlled trial

 

Control

(n = 121)

Acapella plus ACBT (n = 123)

EDP plus ACBT

(n = 119)

P-value

Age (yrs), mean (SD)

54.64 (11.19)

56.41 (10.57)

55.93 (10.87)

0.423

Sex, n (%)

   

0.567

Male

57 (47.11)

53 (43.09)

48 (40.34)

 

Female

64 (52.89)

70 (56.91)

71 (59.66)

 

Height (cm), mean (SD)

162.66 (7.68)

161.47 (7.56)

162.24 (7.91)

0.476

Weight (kg), mean (SD)

61.96 (10.85)

59.61 (10.48)

59.53 (9.57)

0.116

Education status, n (%)

   

0.658

Illiterate and elementary

27 (22.31)

23 (18.70)

25 (21.01)

 

Secondary

55 (45.45)

53 (43.09)

50 (42.02)

 

Diploma

16 (13.22)

23 (18.70)

14 (11.76)

 

University

23 (19.01)

24 (19.51)

30 (25.21)

 

Smoking amount, mean (SD)

4.95 (10.44)

4.66 (9.21)

3.29 (7.13)

0.319

Smoking years, mean (SD)

5.62 (11.36)

5.89 (11.29)

4.09 (9.14)

0.370

Pathology typing, n (%)

   

0.122

Squamous cell carcinoma

6 (4.96)

4 (3.25)

0 (0.00)

 

Adenocarcinoma

96 (79.34)

94 (76.42)

97 (81.51)

 

Other

19 (15.70)

25 (20.33)

22 (18.49)

 

Type of procedure, n (%)

   

0.102

Upper left lobectomy

26 (21.49)

25 (20.33)

32 (26.89)

 

Lower left lobectomy

25 (20.66)

11 (8.94)

15 (12.61)

 

Upper right lobectomy

32 (26.45)

38 (30.89)

39 (32.77)

 

Lower right lobectomy

28 (23.14)

33 (26.83)

27 (22.69)

 

Middle lobectomy

10 (8.26)

16 (13.01)

6 (5.04)

 

Operative time (hrs), mean (SD)

1.81 (0.92)

1.79 (1.01)

1.71 (0.94)

0.683

Anaesthesia time (hrs), mean (SD)

2.54 (1.01)

2.43 (1.07)

2.26 (1.04)

0.104

Bleeding volume (ml), mean (SD)

73.22 (51.87)

64.76 (107.40)

61.09 (61.84)

0.464

6MWT (m), mean (SD)

536.40 (85.76)

535.25 (68.41)

538.23 (69.93)

0.953

FVC% of predicted, mean (SD)

98.40 (16.73)

99.26 (15.83)

99.34 (17.99)

0.891

FEV1% of predicted, mean (SD)

94.21 (17.22)

94.86 (15.63)

94.96 (15.86)

0.926

  1. Note: n = number; ACBT = active cycle of breathing technique; EDP = external diaphragm pacemaker; yrs = years; SD = standard deviation; cm = centimetre; kg = kilogram; hrs = hours; ml = millilitres; 6MWT = 6-minute walk test; m = metre; FVC = forced vital capacity; % of predicted = predicted percentage of; FEV1 = forced expiratory volume in 1 s. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant
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