Table 1.  Descriptive characteristics of all subjects, and for male and female sub-groups. Values are means (±SD).
 

Males
(n=36)

Females
(n=20)

All
(n=56)

Age (years)

42.1 (10.7)

37.7 (11.9)

40.5 (11.2)

Mass (kg)

81.4 (11.3)

63.1 (5.9) **

74.8 (13.1)

HRmax  (beat·min-1)

175 (11)

177 (10)

176 (11)

VO2max (L·min-1)

4.5 (.6)

3.2 (.5) **

4.1 (.41)

VO2max (ml·kg-1·min-1)

56.2 (9.6)

51.3 (8.6)

54.5 (9.5)

O2max (ml·kg-1·beat-1)

.321 (.056)

.289 (.041) *

.310 (.053)

Power at VO2max (Watts·kg-1)

4.4 (.7)

4.2 (.6)

4.4 (.7)

Power at [La-]4mmol

3.1 (.6)

2.9 (.5)

3.0 (.6)

* and ** denote p < 0.05 and  p < 0.01 using a Student t-test for unpaired samples of equal variance