Rehabilitation Research and Practice

Research Article

A Pulmonary Rehabilitation Decisional Score to Define Priority Access for COPD Patients

Table 2

Demographic, anthropometric, and functional characteristics of study patients.


	Whole	LP	HP	VHP

Patients,	124	41	37	46
Age, years					0.031
Males,					ns
BMI, Kg/m²					0.0120
Smokers,					ns
Ex-smokers,					ns
SatO₂, %					<0.0001
FEV₁, % pred.					0.0002
FVC, % pred.					<0.0001
FEV₁/FVC%					ns
CAT, score					<0.0001
6MWT, meters					<0.0001

LP = low priority; HP = high priority; VHP = very high priority. BMI = body mass index; SatO₂ = pulsed arterial saturation; FEV₁ = forced expiratory volume at first second; FVC = forced vital capacity; CAT = COPD Assessment Tool; 6MWT = 6-min walking test. ⁢, , and versus LP; , , and versus VHP.