Research Article
Inspiratory Muscle Training in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Associating Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: A Randomized Control Study
Table 1
Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of the study groups.
| | Variables | IMT group () | P-IMT group () | value |
| | Age | | | 0.061 | | Gender (M/F) | 20/8 | 22/5 | 0.381 | | BMI (kg/m2) | | | 0.274 | | HbA1c (%) | 7 | | 0.833 | | AHI (events) | | | 0.743 | | Lung functions (% predicted) | | FEV1 | | | 0.146 | | FVC | | | 0.067 | | MVV | | | 0.833 | | Inspiratory muscle functions | | PImax (cm H2O) | | | 0.207 | | PImax (% predicted) | | | 0.726 | | Cardiopulmonary exercise test | | VO2max (ml/kg/min) | | | 0.058 | | VCO2max (ml/kg/min) | | | 0.303 | | HR rest (bpm) | | | 0.354 | | HR max (bpm) | 1 | | 0.692 | | SBP rest (mmHg) | | | 0.739 | | SBP max (mmHg) | | | 0.097 | | DBP rest (mmHg) | | | 0.285 | | DBP max (mmHg) | | | 0.266 |
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IMT: inspiratory muscle training; P-IMT: placebo-inspiratory muscle training; BMI: body mass index; HbA1c: glycosylated hemoglobin; AHI: apnoea-hypopnoea index.
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