| Baseline | After 12 weeks | Change from baseline to post treatment measurements | MD | 95% CI | Effect size (d) |
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Main measurement of nutritional outcome | ||||||
Body Weight (kg) | ||||||
 PAG (n 32) | 56.8 [13.8] | 56.3 [13.0] | −0.5 [1.4] | 3.00 | 2.00, 4.00 | 2.87 |
 RAG (n 30) | 55.5 [10.4] | 58.0 [10.8] | 2.5 [0.4] | |||
%IBW: ideal body weight (%) | ||||||
 PAG (n 32) | 96.7 [17.7] | 95.9 [16.5] | −0.8 [2.4] | 5.20 | 3.52, 7.00 | 1.51 |
 RAG (n 30) | 98.6 [17.7] | 103.0 [18.3] | 4.4 [4.3] | |||
Prognosis outcome measurement | ||||||
BODE index | ||||||
 PAG (n 32) | 3.3 [2.4] | 3.3 [2.4] | −0.03[1.0] | −1.17 | −1.55, − 0.55 | 1.06 |
 RAG (n 30) | 3.9 [2.4] | 2.7 [1.7] | −1.2 [1.2] | |||
BMI | ||||||
 PAG (n 32) | 0.5 [0.5] | 0.4 [0.5] | −0.1 [1.3] | −0.11 |  | |
 RAG (n 30) | 0.4 [0.5] | 0.2 [0.4] | −0.2 [0.5] | |||
%FEV1 | ||||||
 PAG (n 32) | 1.5 [1.1] | 1.7 [1.1] | 0.2 [0.4] | −0.29 |  | |
 RAG (n 30) | 1.8 [1.0] | 1.6 [1.0] | −0.1 [0.6] | |||
mMRC | ||||||
 PAG (n 32) | 0.9 [1.1] | 0.8 [1.1] | −0.1[0.5] | −0.51 |  | |
 RAG (n 30) | 1.2 [1.0] | 0.6 [0.8] | −0.6 [0.7] | |||
6MWD | ||||||
 PAG (n 32) | 0.4 [0.7] | 0.4 [0.7] | 0.0 [0.3] | −0.30 |  | |
 RAG (n 30) | 0.5 [0.9] | 0.3 [0.5] | −0.3 [0.7] |