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Table 2 The differences in the breathing pattern components between asthma control groups

From: Changes in quantifiable breathing pattern components predict asthma control: an observational cross-sectional study

Breathing component

Well-controlled group (n = 5 9)

Uncontrolled group (n = 63)

Mann-Whitney U

p (1-tailed)

Ma

Min-Maxb

M

Min-Max

RR (bpm)

14.92

7.09–21.05

17.16

7.40–32.02

1175

0.000*

Ti/Te

0.66

0.40–0.90

0.68

0.40–0.96

1689

0.385

RCampe/ABampec

1.29

0.43–4.20

1.33

0.37–5.31

1798

0.729

CoVRR (%)

4.79

0.00–23.02

11.73

0.00–29.71

655

0.000*

CoVTi/Te (%)

19.05

10.49–46.11

33.22

14.28–57.39

606

0.000*

CoVRCampe/ABamped(%)

14.82

6.05–24.82

26.45

7.74–57.62

844

0.000*

  1. aM median value
  2. bMin-Max minimum and maximum values
  3. cRCampe/ABampe Ribcage to abdominal amplitude during expiration phase
  4. dCoV%RCampe/ABampe The within-individual variability of ribcage to abdominal amplitude during expiration phase
  5. *significant result at p < 0.01