Fig 1.
Flow-chart of the patients included for the analyses of MACE and changes in CPET characteristics.
T0, start of CR; T2, 1-year follow-up.
Table 1.
Baseline characteristics.
Table 2.
Multiple logistic mixed models for major adverse cardiac events.
Fig 2.
CPET characteristics in surgery and non-surgery patients.
Shown are mean and standard deviation of all CPET and exercise related parameters at start of CR (T0) and 1 year follow-up (T2) as well the changes as standardised effect size (cohen’s D). Cohen’s Ds of 0.2 indicate a weak, 0.4 a medium and 0.8 a large effect size. VO2, oxygen consumption; VE, ventilation; BF, breathing frequency; TV, tidal volume; RER, respiratory exchange ratio; OUES, oxygen uptake efficiency slope; VT, ventilatory threshold; HR, heart rate.
Fig 3.
Mean differences (99%CI) in Δpeak VO2 [ml/kg/min] between surgery and non-surgery patients when adjusted for respiratory and circulatory/peripheral CPET parameters.
adj., adjusted; VO2, oxygen consumption; TV, tidal volume; Hb, haemoglobin; VT, ventilatory threshold; HRres, heart rate reserve.