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Table 6 Aerobic exercise capacity at baseline and 5-year follow-up based in physical activity subgroups

From: Aerobic exercise capacity is maintained over a 5-year period in mild-to-moderate chronic kidney disease: a longitudinal study

 

High PA level baseline

Low PA level baseline

 
 

Baseline

Year 5

P-value timea

Baseline

(n = 48)

Year 5

P-value timea

P-value groupb

P-value group*timec

Covariatesd

CKD

Peak workload (W)

217 (200–234)

n = 25

218 (201–235)

0.8

172 (155–188)

n = 27

160 (143–176)

0.005

<  0.001/<  0.001

0.03

Age, sex, height

Controls

Peak workload (W)

250 (237–262)

n = 33

247 (233–261)

0.7

227 (207–246)

n = 13

221 (201–241)

0.5

0.06/0.04

0.7

Age, sex, height

  1. PA physical activity: CKD chronic kidney disease
  2. aSignificance of the change over time in the group with high PA level and the group with low PA level, respectively
  3. bSignificance of the difference between the group with high PA level and the group with low PA level at baseline/year 5
  4. cSignificance of the difference in change over time between the group with high PA level and the group with low PA level
  5. dBaseline values are used as fixed covariates
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BMC Nephrology

ISSN: 1471-2369

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