Exercise Affects Cardiopulmonary Function in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Detailed characteristics of the included studies.

First author	Publication year	Location	Follow-up	CKD Stage	Group		Age	Sex (male)	BMI/weight (kg)	eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m^2)
Greenwood	2015	UK	12 weeks	NA	Aerobic training	13	53.9 ± 10.7	10	26.6 ± 4.7	49.0 ± 18.1
					Resistance training	13	54.6 ± 10.6	7	28.2 ± 3.6	48.3 ± 12.4
					Usual-care group	20	49.5 ± 10.6	10	27.3 ± 3.6	47.1 ± 16.2
Headley	2014	USA	16 weeks	Stage 3	Treatment	25	58.0 ± 8.0	16	101.7 ± 24.9	47.0 ± 12.0
					Control	21	57.1 ± 9.0	14	104.8 ± 29.8	48.3 ± 12.7
Van Craenenbroeck	2015	Belgium	3 months	Stages 3 and 4	Exercise training	19	51.5 ± 11.8	11	28.3 ± 6.2	37.5 ± 13.23
					Usual care	21	54.7 ± 14.1	11	28.3 ± 5.8	39.6 ± 12.9
Aoike	2014	Brazil	12 weeks	Stages 3 and 4	Home-based group	15	55.9 ± 7.7	10	31.7 ± 4.5	28.4 ± 11.2
					Control group	14	54.3 ± 8.7	9	30.7 ± 4.1	25.3 ± 13.4
Greenwood	2015	UK	12 months	Stages 3 and 4	Aerobic training	8	53.8 ± 13.5	6	27.40 ± 3.52	36.6 ± 10.1
					Usual-care group	10	53.3 ± 12.9	9	28.44 ± 4.24	46.5 ± 20.6

UK: United Kingdom; CKD: chronic kidney disease; BMI: body mass index; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate.