Table 4. Changes in Vo₂ max between groups.

Duration	Mean ± SD (mL/kg/min)
	Treatment	Placebo	p-value
Baseline	26.91 ± 4.33	26.56 ± 3.90	0.7454
Day 90	38.46 ± 4.38	28.36 ± 3.75
Mean diff (Baseline – Day 90)	−11.55 ± 2.02	−1.80 ± 1.90	< 0.001
% Improvement	42.92	6.77
p-value	0.00002	0.00002

Data analyzed by Student’s t-test. Non-significant. p > 0.05.