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Table 2 Remote patient data: “Heat stress” days vs. “Thermal comfort” days

From: Tele-monitoring reduces exacerbation of COPD in the context of climate change–a randomized controlled trial

Temperature

Tempmax > 25°C

Tempmax ≤ 25°C

P-value

N

32

32

 

Tempmax °C

29.0 ± 2.5

21.0 ± 2.9

< 0.001*

Tempvariance K

13.5 ± 3.0

12.0 ± 2.4

0.017*

Air Humidity (%)

58.8 ± 13.7

60.8 ± 9.6

0.517

Air Pressure (hPa)

1008 ± 4.5

1009 ± 11.4

0.769

6MWT steps

452 ± 85

600 ± 76

< 0.001*

FEV1 (%)

51.1 ± 7.2

57.7 ± 5.0

< 0.001*

CAT score

19.2 ± 7.9

16.2 ± 7.2

< 0.001*

  1. Remote patient data on days with heat stress vs. thermal comfort days. Data is expressed as means ± SD. Comparisons are made via paired student’s t-test; *statistical significance is set at P < 0.05; Please see Table 1 for all other abbreviations.
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