International Journal of Clinical Practice / 2024 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
Effects of Different Inspiratory Muscle Training Protocols on Exercise Capacity, Respiratory Muscle Strength, and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Hypertension Table 1 Demographic, physical, and physiologic characteristics of HT patients.
Variables CG (n : 15) LLG (n : 15) HLG (n : 15) P value Mean ± SD/median (IQR)/n (%) Mean ± SD/median (IQR)/n (%) Mean ± SD/median (IQR)/n (%) Age (years) 59.13 ± 11.22 56.20 ± 6.39 59.86 ± 7.98 0.486 BMI (kg/m2 ) 26.69 ± 4.42 29.80 ± 3.11 28.75 ± 4.54 0.753 Gender (female/male) 4 (26.7)/11 (73.3) 1 (6.7)/14 (93.3) 2 (13.3)/13 (86.7) 0.463 Level of education Illiterate 1 (6.7) 1 (6.7) 1 (6.7) 0.911 Literate 2 (13.2) 0 (0) 5 (33.3) Primary education or less 4 (26.7) 5 (33.3) 3 (20) Secondary education 5 (33.3) 7 (46.7) 1 (6.7) High school education 1 (6.7) 1 (6.7) 3 (20) University 2 (13.3) 1 (6.7) 2 (13.3) Marital status Married/single/widowed 13 (86.7)/1 (6.7)/1 (6.7) 14 (93.3)/1 (6.7)/0 (0) 15 (100)/0 (0)/0 (0) 0.762 Occupation Retired/housewife/civil servant/worker/farmer/self-employed/driver 6 (40)/3 (20)/2 (13.3)/0 (0)/0 (0)/3 (20)/1 (6.7) 2 (13.3)/1 (6.7)/2 (13.3)/1 (6.7)/2 (13.3)/6 (40)/1 (6.7) 7 (46.7)/2 (13.3)/1 (6.7)/2 (13.3)/0 (0)/0 (0)/3 (20) 0.426 Family medical history HT 5 (35.7) 0 (0) 3 (23.1) 0.070 DM 3 (21.4) 4 (30.8) 5 (38.5) 0.630 CAD 6 (42.9) 7 (46.7) 2 (15.4) 0.189 Physical activity status Yes 7 (46.7) 5 (33.3) 5 (33.3) 0.795 No 8 (53.3) 10 (66.7) 10 (66.7) Smoking Current 3 (20) 4 (26.7) 4 (26.7) 0.832 Ex 5 (33.3) 7 (46.7) 7 (46.7) Nonsmoker 7 (46.7) 4 (26.7) 4 (26.7) Alcohol consumption Current 4 (26.7) 2 (13.3) 2 (26.7) 0.614 Ex 0 (0) 2 (13.3) 1 (6.7) No 11 (73.3) 11 (73.3) 12 (80) mMRC (0–4) 1 (1-1) 1 (1–1.5) 1 (1-1) 0.391 Resting MBS (0–10) 0 (0-1) 0 (0–0.5) 0 (0-1) 0.841 Activity MBS (0–10) 4 (3–5) 3 (1.25–6.5) 3 (2–4) 0.105 Exertional dyspnea 13 (86.7) 11(73.3) 11 (73.3) 0.734
CAD: coronary artery disease, DM: diabetes mellitus, HT: hypertension, mMRC: Modified Medical Research Council, MBS: Modified Borg Scale, and Kruskal–Wallis test/ANOVA/chi-square test,
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