Table 4.
Cardiorespiratory fitness indexes according to sarcopenia classification
.
Variables
Sarcopenic
Nonsarcopenic
N (%)
28 (15.9)
151 (84.1)
Age (years)
66.5 ± 5.3
68.3 ± 6.1
PT (Nm)
74.3 ± 15.6 *
100.0 ± 21.7
PT relative to body weight (Nm·kg
-1
)
130.0 ± 22.5 *
158.9 ± 30.8
VT
1
T (s)
287.9 ± 87.3
292.8 ± 98.3
VT
1
VO
2
(ml·kg
-1
·min
-
¹)
12.2 ± 2.4
12.7 ± 2.5
VT
1
VO
2
(L·min
-1
)
.71 ± .21 *
.83 ± .19
VT
2
T (s)
485.8 ± 95.2
503.4 ± 115.9
VT
2
VO
2
(ml·kg
-1
·min
-
¹)
15.1 ± 2.9
15.9 ± 3.0
VT
2
VO
2
(L·min
-1
)
.87 ± .23 *
1.05 ± .22
Tmax (s)
562.7 ± 119.4
591. 9 ± 127.0
VO
2
Peak (ml·kg
-1
·min
-
¹)
16.1 ± 3.0 *
17.4 ± 3.3
VO
2
Peak (
L·min
-1
)
.93 ± .24 *
1.15 ± .24
* p
< 0.05. PT = peak torque; VT
1 =
ventilatory threshold 1; VT2 = ventilatory threshold 2; T = time; Tmax = time to exhaustion
.