| 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 (%) | Â | Â | Â | 0.567 |
Male | 57 (47.11) | 53 (43.09) | 48 (40.34) | Â |
Female | 64 (52.89) | 70 (56.91) | 71 (59.66) | Â |
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 (%) | Â | Â | Â | 0.658 |
Illiterate and elementary | 27 (22.31) | 23 (18.70) | 25 (21.01) | Â |
Secondary | 55 (45.45) | 53 (43.09) | 50 (42.02) | Â |
Diploma | 16 (13.22) | 23 (18.70) | 14 (11.76) | Â |
University | 23 (19.01) | 24 (19.51) | 30 (25.21) | Â |
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 (%) | Â | Â | Â | 0.122 |
Squamous cell carcinoma | 6 (4.96) | 4 (3.25) | 0 (0.00) | Â |
Adenocarcinoma | 96 (79.34) | 94 (76.42) | 97 (81.51) | Â |
Other | 19 (15.70) | 25 (20.33) | 22 (18.49) | Â |
Type of procedure, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | 0.102 |
Upper left lobectomy | 26 (21.49) | 25 (20.33) | 32 (26.89) | Â |
Lower left lobectomy | 25 (20.66) | 11 (8.94) | 15 (12.61) | Â |
Upper right lobectomy | 32 (26.45) | 38 (30.89) | 39 (32.77) | Â |
Lower right lobectomy | 28 (23.14) | 33 (26.83) | 27 (22.69) | Â |
Middle lobectomy | 10 (8.26) | 16 (13.01) | 6 (5.04) | Â |
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 |