Evaluation of Inflammatory Markers in Patients Undergoing a Short-Term Aerobic Exercise Program while Hospitalized due to Acute Exacerbation of COPD

Table 7

Correlation of IL-6 levels with the independent variables.

Variable dependent	Variables	Correlation	value
	BDI	0.50	0.07
	6MWD	−0.66	0.01
ΔIL-6 (%)	Symptom	−0.10	0.73
	Activity	−0.41	0.16
	Impact	−0.02	0.94
	Total	−0.15	0.60

IL-6, interleukin-6; 6MWD, six-minute walk test; BDI, basal dyspnea index. , comparison evaluated by the Pearson correlation test.