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Table 4 Cardiopulmonary exercise testing responses pre and post 3 months

From: Potential Effects on Cardiorespiratory and Metabolic Status After a Concurrent Strength and Endurance Training Program in Diabetes Patients — a Randomized Controlled Trial

Variables

SG (N = 20)

CART-G (N = 21)

Time factor

Exercise factor

Interaction

CPX (peak)

Pre

Post

Pre

Post

   

Workload (watts)

123.6 ± 36.9

122.1 ± 32.9

124.6 ± 29.1

149.9 ± 29‡†

0.19

<0.001

<0.001

VE (l min−1)

74.2 ± 21.2

62.8 ± 14.0

72.4 ± 15.2

80.6 ± 13.7‡†

0.12

0.53

<0.001

VO2 (ml kg−1 min−1)

21.7 ± 4.5

21 ± 3.3

22.9 ± 6.1

27.2 ± 4.7‡†

0.02

0.02

0.002

VO2 (ml min−1)

1935.7 ± 581.1

1796.9 ± 485.4

2074 ± 443.8

2323.3 ± 523.8‡†

0.38

0.05

0.004

VO2 (ml min−1) % pred

108.8 ± 21.3

102.3 ± 20.5

111.8 ± 24.6

125.5 ± 27‡†

0.28

0.09

0.004

VCO2 (ml min−1)

2240.2 ± 612.6

2068.5 ± 444.1

2269.1 ± 478.7

2542.8 ± 485.5‡†

0.14

0.48

0.004

VE/VCO2 slope

32.6 ± 3.6

30.1 ± 3.1

31.6 ± 3.6

32.4 ± 3.1

0.55

0.17

0.006

RER

1.3 ± 0.1

1.2 ± 0.1

1.2 ± 0.1

1.2 ± 0.1

0.40

0.03

0.72

HR (bpm)

147.6 ± 13.9

139.9 ± 19.3

146.7 ± 12.9

149.8 ± 14.4

0.33

0.34

0.03

HR (bpm) % pred

91 ± 10

86 ± 15

84 ± 22

90 ± 11

0.36

0.95

0.03

O2 pulse (ml beat−1)

10.5 ± 3.6

10.9 ± 3.4

11.7 ± 2.1

12.8 ± 3.1

0.08

0.12

0.07

Dyspnea (0–10)

5.1 ± 2.9

4.3 ± 2.1

5.4 ± 2.4

6.1 ± 1.6

0.07

0.86

0.09

Leg effort (0–10)

4.7 ± 2.9

4.4 ± 2.2

5.1 ± 2.6

5.8 ± 2.6

0.19

0.70

0.32

  1. Data are reported as means ± SD. P ≤ 0.05, sedentary group pre × sedentary group post; ‡exercise group pre × exercise group post, †sedentary group post × exercise group post