Table 3 Postoperative clinical outcomes of patients in stent group.

From: Prognostic factors and clinical outcomes of stenting on malignant central airway obstruction

Feature

Baseline

At one month

At 3 months

At 6 months

P value

Borg score (point)

6.64 ± 2.04

3.16 ± 2.22*

2.92 ± 2.01**

2.73 ± 1.94***

< 0.001

mMRC (point)

3.51 ± 0.51

2.87 ± 0.50*

2.42 ± 0.43**

2.23 ± 0.27***

< 0.001

6MWD (meter)

318 ± 25.20

385.6 ± 23.8*

416.5 ± 28.4**

449 ± 31.4***

< 0.001

KPS (point)

58.8 ± 10.50

70.5 ± 21.6*

76.5 ± 18.4**

78.5 ± 16.9***

< 0.001

SF-6D score (point)

0.53 ± 0.12

0.61 ± 0.12*

0.68 ± 0.25**, ##

0.73 ± 0.14***, ###

< 0.001

  1. Normally distributed data were expressed as mean ± SD.
  2. KPS: Karnofsky Performance Score; SF-6D: short form 6- dimension; mMRC: Modified British Medical Research Council dyspnea scale; 6MWD: 6-minute walk distance.
  3. *If P < 0.05 between groups [(Baseline) and (one month)].
  4. **If P < 0.05 between groups [(Baseline) and (3 month)].
  5. ***If P < 0.05 between groups [(Baseline) and (6 month)].
  6. ##If P < 0.05 between groups [(one month) and (3 month)].
  7. ###If P < 0.05 between groups [(one month) and (6 month)].
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