. 2023 Jul 4;12(13):4483. doi: 10.3390/jcm12134483

Table A2.

The Results of the Simple Contrasts Used to Estimate the Effects between the Groups within a Marginal mean Maximum load = 239 Watts and the Steps.

Model Nr	Response Variable	Parameter	Contrast Control—COVID
			Rest	Activity				Recovery
			Rest	3 min	6 min	9 min	Max	3 min	6 min	9 min	12 min	15 min
Model 1	Load [Watt]	estimate	-	0.93	-	-	33.96	-	-	-	-	-
		t.ratio	-	0.11	-	-	3.99	-	-	-	-	-
		p	-	0.913	-	-	<0.001	-	-	-	-	-
Model 2	O₂ pulse [mL/beat]	estimate	0.36	0.77	-	-	2.02	0.69	-	-	-	-
		t.ratio	0.74	1.58	-	-	4.14	1.4	-	-	-	-
		p	0.459	0.115	-	-	<0.001	0.161	-	-	-	-
Model 3	SBP [mmHg]	estimate	−2.17	−4.79	−4.38	−3.81	−2.67	−3.23	−1.59	−3.29	−6.46	−6.09
		t.ratio	−0.82	−1.81	−1.65	−1.41	−1.01	−1.22	−0.6	−1.24	−2.44	−2.3
		p	0.414	0.072	0.1	0.157	0.315	0.224	0.549	0.215	0.015	0.022
Model 4	DBP [mmHg]	estimate	−2.99	−2.15	−2.66	−2.22	−1.46	−1.66	−3.39	−3.01	−4.44	−4.95
		t.ratio	−1.66	−1.19	−1.48	−1.22	−0.81	−0.92	−1.88	−1.67	−2.47	−2.75
		p	0.097	0.233	0.141	0.222	0.418	0.356	0.061	0.096	0.014	0.006
Model 5	HR [beats/min]	estimate	0.25	−2.78	−4.72	0.06	1.44	0.38	−1.01	−1.24	0.3	−1.68
		t.ratio	0.1	−1.08	−1.83	0.02	0.56	0.15	−0.39	−0.48	0.12	−0.65
		p	0.922	0.283	0.068	0.981	0.576	0.883	0.695	0.631	0.908	0.516
Model 6	Saturation [%]	estimate	−0.03	−0.08	0.06	0.11	−0.01	−0.08	0.04	0.06	−0.05	−0.03
		t.ratio	−0.16	−0.4	0.3	0.55	−0.05	−0.42	0.2	0.3	−0.27	−0.16
		p	0.871	0.691	0.767	0.58	0.961	0.678	0.839	0.763	0.789	0.872
Model 7	PP [mmHg]	estimate	0.82	−2.64	−1.72	−1.5	−1.21	−1.57	1.79	−0.29	−2.02	−1.14
		t.ratio	0.4	−1.3	−0.85	−0.77	−0.59	−0.77	0.88	−0.14	−0.99	−0.56
		p	0.686	0.195	0.399	0.44	0.553	0.442	0.379	0.888	0.322	0.577
Model 8	MBP [mmHg]	estimate	−2.72	−3.03	−3.23	−2.75	−1.86	−2.18	−2.79	−3.1	−5.12	−5.33
		t.ratio	−1.44	−1.6	−1.71	−1.44	−0.98	−1.15	−1.47	−1.64	−2.71	−2.82
		p	0.152	0.11	0.089	0.151	0.326	0.249	0.142	0.102	0.007	0.005

Note: DFs: model 1—331, model 2—137, model 3—418, model 4—362, model 5—279, models 6,7—771.2, model 8—351. EMMs for each step in models 3–8 conditioned by a marginal mean maximum load = 239 Watt.