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Table 2 Effects of yoga on outcome variables

From: Effects of yoga on exercise capacity in patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis: a nonrandomized controlled study

Variable

Value at 6 months

Change from baseline to 6 months

 

Yoga (N = 11)

Control (N = 13)

P Value

Yoga (N = 11)

Control (N = 13)

P Value

Daily steps

9305 ± 3010

8042 ± 4431

0.432

− 912 ± 2229

− 1346 ± 1416

0.585

6MWD (m)

606 ± 53

534 ± 72

0.011

55 ± 29

18 ± 49

0.040

SpO2 after exercise

89 ± 9

89 ± 9

0.903

0.5 ± 8.2

−1.5 ± 3.1

0.058

Borg score after exercise

0.4 ± 0.8

0.6 ± 0.8

0.267

−0.4 ± 0.8

−0.5 ± 1.1

0.737

VEGF-D, pg/ml

2079 ± 1149

2913 ± 2874

0.977

− 183 ± 660

128 ± 654

0.505

St. George Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ)

 Symptoms

9.6 ± 10.5

12.5 ± 13.0

0.681

−4.6 ± 8.2

−2.5 ± 12.6

0.416

 Activity

26.5 ± 13.5

31.2 ± 22.0

0.485

−2.4 ± 11.6

−2.5 ± 7.8

0.882

 Impact

8.8 ± 5.2

14.5 ± 14.0

0.640

−3.0 ± 10.2

−3.7 ± 10.1

0.769

 Total

15.5 ± 6.1

19.3 ± 15.0

0.384

−1.9 ± 7.5

−3.2 ± 6.5

0.682

Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)

 Anxiety

0.9 ± 1.4

1.8 ± 2.1

0.283

−0.8 ± 1.5

−1.1 ± 1.8

0.632

 Depression

0.7 ± 0.8

0.8 ± 1.2

0.678

−0.5 ± 2.3

−0.6 ± 1.1

0.197

Pulmonary function testing

 FEV1 (ml)

2062 ± 612

1974 ± 770

0.763

−29 ± 182

−104 ± 143

0.310

 FEV1%pred

74.8 ± 19.8

74.3 ± 25.2

0.957

−0.8 ± 6.6

−3.0 ± 5.5

0.432

 FVC (ml)

3252 ± 606

3225 ± 457

0.898

9 ± 268

−82 ± 149

0.581

 FVC%pred

101.6 ± 14.5

105.5 ± 14.0

0.511

0.8 ± 8.8

−0.2 ± 4.9

0.681

 FEV1/FVC

62.8 ± 12.7

61.1 ± 20.6

0.803

−1.2 ± 4.2

5.3 ± 23.8

0.750

Incremental CPET

 VO2Peak (ml/min/kg)

21.2 ± 3.4

18.5 ± 5.5

0.164

5.8 ± 2.2

4.1 ± 4.2

0.224

 AT (ml/min/kg)

13.1 ± 2.7

11.3 ± 2.4

0.089

3.4 ± 2.4

1.6 ± 1.4

0.035

 Peak work load (W)

103.1 ± 23.5

82.9 ± 27.6

0.070

11.7 ± 14.6

0.2 ± 9.1

0.027

 Breathing Reserve

40.36 ± 21.25

46.46 ± 29.47

0.608

−3.27 ± 8.91

1.15 ± 9.63

0.186

  1. The data are expressed as the means±SD
  2. The p value was calculated with the use of the Wilcoxon rank-sum test
  3. Abbreviations: see Table 1