Figure 2

Obese and normal individuals stratified by level of dyspnea perception (tertiles of modified Borg dyspnea score), using inspiratory resistive loads of 78.0 cmH2O/l/s. Dyspnea perception groups (modified Borg dyspnea score): low (≤2.9); moderate (3–8.9) and high (≥9). Thera was no significant difference between obese and normal subjects for the proportion of low, moderate and high dyspnea score (p = 0.512).