Clinical and Translational Medicine

Table 7 BODE scores and its components at 2, 12 and 26 weeks for the control group

From: Lung flute improves symptoms and health status in COPD with chronic bronchitis: A 26 week randomized controlled trial

Control group
Parameter	Baseline	2 weeks	14 weeks	26 weeks
BODE	3.31 ± 0.45	3.49 ± 0.50	3.54 ± 0.47	4.14 ± 0.51*
BMI	27.15 ± 0.74	27.10 ± 0.74	27.14 ± 0.73	26.91 ± 0.73
FEV1% predicted	49.13 ± 3.18	47.60 ± 3.31	46.82 ± 3.30***	47.16 ± 3.45
mMRC score	1.81 ± 0.15	1.81 ± 0.18	1.83 ± 0.19	2.22 ± 0.19**
6 minute walk distance	364.20 ± 25.73	353.47 ± 28.35	358.21 ± 26.52	322.41 ± 29.78 ****

P values <0.10 are shown.
*p = 0.0006, **p = 0.01, ***p = 0.03, ****p = 0.007.

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