Effects of Glossopharyngeal Insufflation in Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Pilot Study

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the 6 subjects fulfilling the study protocol.

	Median (range)
Gender, male/female ()	6/0
Age, years	42 (26–55)
Disease duration, years	14 (0.5–28)
Smoking, yes/no ()	0/6
Weight, kg	92.5 (81–106)
Height, cm	180.5 (177–189)
BMI^1, kg/m^2	28.1 (24.9–30.0)
VC^2 % of predicted	96 (67–102)
PEF^3 % of predicted	102.5 (90–113)

Body mass index (BMI), vital capacity (VC), and peak expiratory flow (PEF).