Table 1.  Characteristics of the subjects: baseline clinical features, cardiorespiratory and ventilatory responses to peak exercise during the performance test of active group (AG) and sedentary group (SG). Data are means (±SD).
 

SG (n=20)

AG (n=20)

Age (years)

22.4 (3.7)

23.9 (3.3)

Weight (kg)

58.4 (8.2)

57.7 (7.0)

Height (m)

1.65 (.07)

1.63 (5.0)

BMI (kg·m-2)

21.4 (1.7)

21.7 (2.0)

Length of menstrual cycle (days)

29

29

Exercise (min/session)

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141 (21.3)

Exercise (years)

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6.4 (4.0)

Heart rate (bpm)

75 (13)

60 (7) *

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

109.3 (8.7)

110.0 (7.9)

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

70.2 (7.7)

68.8 (2.5)

Power output peak (W)

135.5 (21.9)

180.4 (26.9) *

Heart rate peak (bpm)

181.8 (12.7)

182.1 (10.5)

VO2 peak (ml·kg-1·min-1)

24.6 (2.5)

33.5 (2.5) *
BMI: body mass index; VO2peak: oxygen uptake at the peak of the ergospirometric test. SG vs. AG: * p < 0.05.