A randomized clinical trial to assess the influence of a three months training program (Gym-based individualized vs. Calisthenics-based non-invidualized) in COPD-patients

Table 4 Baseline characteristics of dropouts compared to other groups

	DO	IT	p-value^#	NT	p-value^##	p-value^###
Number	27	20	N.A.	14	N.A.	N.A.
Age	64.15 ± 8.96	65.45 ± 9.35	0.763	66.93 ± 7.76	0.259	0.619
♀/♂	13/14	5/15	0.137	4/10	0.321	0.232
BMI	28.6 ± 8.44	28 ± 4.62	0.880	29.03 ± 3.29	0.394	0.702
FEV ₁	57.91 ± 20.93	66.3 ± 20.42	0.333	73.84 ± 16.89	0.039	0.106
COPD stage I/II/III/IV	5/11/9/2	5/10/4/1	0.732	4/8/2/0	0.356	0.722

We did not find significant differences between DO vs. IT (^#), Dropout vs. NT (^##) or any of the three groups (^###). Continuous variables were analyzed using Kruskal-Wallis, ordinal-scaled variables were analyzed using Fisher’s exact and Chi square test. Abbreviations are explained in the text.

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