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Table 5

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Table 1

Patient characteristics	Cases n=172
Age ≤ 60yrs ≥ 60yrs	64 108
Gender Male Female	130 42
Age at the disease onset 40-59yrs ≥ 59yrs	113 59
Smoking status Smoker Non-smoker Ex-smoker	50 10 112
Residence Rural Urban	88 84

Table 1: Demographic characteristics of study populatio

Table 2

Groups	Admission not required		Admission Required
Groups	n	%	n	%
A	49	36.6	5	13.5
B	36	26.9	13	35.1
C	50	37.3	19	51.4
Total	135	100.0	37	100.0

*2 7.01, p <0.05
Table 2: Frequency of hospital Admission for exacerbation of the disease

Table 3

Group	No. of Patients	Pre CAT Score (Mean+SD)	Post CAT Score (Mean+SD)	P value
A	54	20.36+9.20	14.47+6.59	<0.05
B	49	19.77+7.57	16.00+7.47
C	69	19.88+8.39	18.40+6.40
Overall	172	20.01+8.40	16.43+6.93

Comparison of overall pre and post intervention CAT score across three groups A, B and C, were statistically highly significant (p= 0.005) (Table 3).
Table 3: Comparison of pre and post intervention CAT score of study groups

Table 4

Group No. of Patients			A	B	C	Overall
Group No. of Patients			54	49	69	172
Mean+SD	Mean	Pre FEV1 Score	44.59+15.53	41.27+12.05	45.65+17.35	44.10+15.42
Mean+SD	Mean	Post FEV1 Score	49.09+16.89	45.91+15.67	45.94+16.67	46.98+15.92
95% CI for mean	Lower Bound	Pre FEV1 Score	39.56	34.86	41.54	41.27
	Lower Bound	Post FEV1 Score	43.65	38.95	41.02	41.07
	Upper Bound	Pre FEV1 Score	49.61	43.69	50.76	46.93
	Upper Bound	Post FEV1 Score	52.53	50.88	49.86	48.89
P Value			>0.05

No statistical significance (p>0.05) was seen between the pre and post intervention forced expiratory volume in first second (FEV1) across the three study groups (Table 4)
Table 4: Comparison of pre and post intervention forced expiratory volume in first second (FEV1) cross the study groups

Table 5

Group	No. of Patients	Mean+SD		95% CI for mean				P value
		Mean+SD		Lower Bound		Upper Bound
		Pre BODE Score	Post BODE Score	Pre BODE Score	Post BODE Score	Pre BODE Score	Post BODE Score
A	54	5.06+2.20	4.43+2.03	4.39	3.81	5.74	5.05	≤ 0.05
B	49	5.13+1.86	4.44+1.79	4.50	3.83	5.77	5.05
C	69	5.71+2.33	5.41+2.17	5.06	4.80	6.36	6.02
Overall	172	5.34+2.1	4.81+2.07	4.96	4.45	5.71	5.17

A statistically significant difference in the post intervention mean BODE score between group A and group C (p < 0.05) and group B and group C (p < 0.05) was observed (Table 5).
Table 5: Comparison of pre and post BODE score across the study groups

FIGURE 1

Mostly patients were in the age group of 60-70 years (n=108), group A had 54, 49 were in group B and 69 in group C.
Figure 1: Pictorial representation showing significance of differences in participant population anthropometric strata

FIGURE 2

Levels of IL-6 recorded pre and post intervention for the three treatment groups A, B and C showed a significant statistical difference (p<0.05) (Figure 2).
Figure 2: Illustrates the comparison of pre and post intervention IL6 levels in study groups

FIGURE 3

Statistically significant difference were observed in the post intervention mean concentration IL-8 levels between two treatment groups, A and C (p < 0.05) B and C (p< 0.05) (Figure 3).
Figure 3: Illustrates the comparison of pre and post intervention of IL-8 levels in the study group