Table 3a

Cardiorespiratory fitness test data at baseline (T0), after the intervention (T1) and at 24-weeks follow-up period (T2) for Scenario A (n = 43).

		T0		T1		T2		T0 vs. T1		T0 vs. T2
	N	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	Time effect P_W	Group effect P_KW	Time effect P_W	Group effect P_KW
PEAK WORKLOAD
W_peak (W)	43	119.3	37.3	129.3	40.1	127.5	41.4	.000	.757	.002	.739
VO_2peak (mL/kg/min)	43	24.5	5.9	25.4	7.0	23.9	6.8	.299	.206	.356	.005
VE_peak (L/min)	43	66.1	15.8	69.2	18.9	67.7	17.7	.303	.036	.552	.016
_PeakHR (bpm)	43	160.1	16.1	158.0	13.6	160.8	15.3	.091	.906	.945	.318
_PeakHR pulse (mL/b)	43	11.5	4.3	11.9	4.8	11.0	4.2	.218	.069	.065	.003
SBP_peak (mmHg)	43	178.7	22.1	170.8	17.3	166.9	19.0	.004	.374	.000	.610
DBP_peak (mmHg)	43	87.8	7.0	83.6	7.1	82.6	7.4	.004	.059	.002	.056
MBP_peak (mmHg)	43	118.1	10.6	112.7	9.4	110.7	10.5	.001	.140	.000	.695
VENTILATORY THRESHOLD WORKLOAD
W_VT (W)	43	99.8	30.4	104.9	28.3	99.3	28.4	.085	.794	.847	.975
VO_2VT (mL/kg/min)	43	16.6	4.1	17.7	4.1	16.2	4.3	.013	.820	.294	.329
pVO_2VT (% VO_2peak)	43	68.6	9.5	70.5	8.8	68.9	14.6	.398	.188	.612	.325
INDICES
VE/VCO₂ slope (whole test)	43	29.5	3.9	29.1	4.3	30.1	4.2	.223	.155	.159	.456
OUES (whole test)	43	1.7	0.7	1.8	0.6	1.7	0.7	.007	.419	.269	.901
Note: DBP: diastolic blood pressure; HR: heart rate; MBP: mean blood pressure; OUES: oxygen uptake efficiency slope; pVO₂: percentage related to VO_2peak; SBP: systolic blood pressure; T0: Baseline; T1: after 16-week intervention; T2: at 24-week follow up; VCO₂: carbon dioxide production; VE: ventilation; VO₂: oxygen uptake; VT: Ventilatory threshold; W: power output. Data shown as mean (M) and standard deviation (SD). P_W, according to Wilcoxon test; P_KW, according to Kruskall-Wallis test.