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Chapter 3
Table 2.
Intercept
Results of mixed-model analyses for predicted 6-minute walking distance
(6MWD) in recipients of lung transplantationa
Di

erence in 6MWD (m)
Variable
β
95% CI
P
Measuring moment T0: screening
T1: discharge
T2: 6 mo
T3: 12 mo
Diagnose categoryb COPD
Pulmonary vascular disease
Sex (woman) Quadriceps strength Grip strength
Reference value
-84.9 85.3 121.5
Reference value 50.5 125.5 -20.2 -30.2 0.3 0.3 1.4
-118.4; -51.4 48.4; 122.1 83.2; 159.9
4.8; 96.2 87.0; 164.0 -51.7; 11.2
-60.1; -0.2 0.1; 0.4 -0.1; 0.8 0.8; 2.0
<.001 <.001 <.001
.031 <.001 .205 .049 .003 .139* <.001
Cystic

brosis
Pulmonary

brosis
FEV1
(% of predicted value)
a Quadriceps strength was centered at 250 N, grip strength was centered at 91 N., FEV1
1 second. b For details see method section. c β was not signi cant, but grip strength was maintained on the basis of the minimum Akaike information criterion.
-1.6
387.9; 476.2
Length of hospital stay
a
-2.3; -1.0
<.001
(% of predicted
value) was centered at 65% of the predicted value, and length of hospital stay was centered at 39 days.
CI=con

dence interval, COPD=chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, FEV1
=forced expiratory volume in
48.
432.1 <.001