Supervised vs home-based exercise program in kidney transplant recipients: A pilot pragmatic non-randomized study

Table 2 Values of outcome parameters in the two groups

	HBex, N = 9			Sgym, N = 6			Between group Ancova
	T0	T6	Δ	T0	T6	Δ	Bonferroni-Corrected P value
6MWD (M)	356 ± 113	408 ± 107a	+52 ± 23	478 ± 53	488 ± 68	+8 ± 34	0.005
PFWD (M)	278 ± 172	366 ± 147a	+97 ± 88	442 ± 71	459 ± 78	+17 ± 31	0.25
VO2peak (Ml/100 g/Min)	18.8 ± 8.3	21.9 ± 8.1a	+3.1 ± 2.2	21.9 ± 3.1	22.8 ± 3.4a	+0.9 ± 0.7	0.26
5t-Sts (S)	18.3 ± 16.2	13.3 ± 8.6	-5.0 ± 7.9	11.0 ± 1.9	10.3 ± 2.2	-0.7 ± 1.5	0.60
Systolic blood Pressure (mmHg)	146 ± 21	142 ± 14	-4 ± 5	142 ± 17	136 ± 15	-6 ± 3	0.57
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	74 ± 8	74 ± 8	0 ± 2	72 ± 7	75 ± 5	3 ± 2	0.18
BMI (Kgm-2)	28.3 ± 8	28.2 ± 8.2	-0.1 ± 0,5	24.2 ± 2.4	24.5 ± 3.0	0.4 ± 1.4	0.22

^aP < 0.05 concerning baseline in the within-group comparison. BMI: Body mass index; HBex: Home-based group; PFWD; Pain-free walking distance; PTH: Parathormone; RAPA: Rapid assessment of physical activity; Sgym: Supervised training group; VO2: Maximum oxygen consumption; 5T-STS: 5-time sit-to-stand test; 6MWD: 6-minute walking distance.