Table 3c

Cardiorespiratory fitness test data at baseline (T0), after the intervention (T1) and at 24-weeks follow-up period (T2) for Scenario C (n = 6).

		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)	6	103.3	30.11	146.7	23.38	156.7	32.7	.066	.519	.057	.454
VO_2peak (mL/kg/min)	6	19.5	6.1	25.1	4.5	28.0	3.2	.046	.888	.028	.213
VE_peak (L/min)	6	56.5	13.2	74.3	14.8	93.3	15.8	.075	.888	.028	.667
_PeakHR (bpm)	6	139.5	33.22	158.5	22.42	170.2	17.20	.116	.651	.046	.807
_PeakHR pulse (mL/b)	6	12.4	2.5	13.5	2.1	14.1	2.0	.116	.888	.046	.213
SBP_peak (mmHg)	6	190.3	13.88	198.0	18.89	185.0	16.91	.078	.643	.500	.304
DBP_peak (mmHg)	6	97.8	6.34	95.0	8.17	89.7	8.89	.496	.304	.042	.294
MBP_peak (mmHg)	6	128.7	7.50	129.3	10.67	121.4	11.37	.917	.304	.093	.304
VENTILATORY THRESHOLD WORKLOAD
W_VT (W)	6	93.3	26.6	113.3	15.1	96.7	37.2	.276	.609	.916	.635
VO_2VT (mL/kg/min)	6	13.9	3.9	17.7	4.6	16.1	4.6	.046	.304	.344	.529
pVO_2VT (% VO_2peak)	6	72.5	11.9	70.3	13.1	57.4	14.2	.753	.304	.028	.213
INDICES
VE/VCO₂ slope (whole test)	6	27.6	2.3	27.9	2.8	30.1	2.7	.600	.145	.028	.377
OUES (whole test)	6	1.9	0.3	2.2	0.3	2.3	0.4	.173	.304	.028	.953
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.