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. 2023 Aug 22;66:102859. doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2023.102859

Table 4.

Predictive models for the maximal functional reserve (MFR).

Predictive model for the maximal functional reserve (MFR) expressed as kJ per kg of lower extremities lean mass (LLM)
Predictor Estimate SE 95% Confidence Interval
t p Stand. Estimate 95% Confidence Interval
Model Model fit measures
Lower Upper Lower Upper R R2 P
Intercept −0.18099 0.14754 −0.47993 0.11795 −1.23 0.228
Accumulated VO2 (mL· kg LLM−1) 0.00503 0.000206 0.00461 0.00545 24.47 < .001 0.8226 0.7545 0.8908 1 0.97 0.941 < .001
O2 deficit (mL·kg LLM−1) 0.00295 0.000547 0.00185 0.00406 5.4 < .001 0.1871 0.1169 0.2572 2 0.985 0.97 < .001
Mean power in MFR test (w·kg LLM−1) 0.04553 0.00703 0.03129 0.05977 6.48 < .001 0.1425 0.0979 0.1871 3 0.992 0.983 < .001
MHC I + IIa (%) −0.00451 0.00165 −0.00786 −0.00116 −2.73 0.01 −0.056 −0.0977 −0.0144 4 0.993 0.986 < .001



Predictive model for the accumulated O2uptake during the MFR test expressed as mL per kg of lower extremities lean mass (LLM)
Intercept 555.8 111.992 327.09 784.52 4.96 < .001
O2 deficit (mL·kg LLM−1) 1.77 0.211 1.33 2.2 8.36 < .001 0.685 0.5174 0.85211 1 0.771 0.594 < .001
Frontal lobe TOI (a.u.) −5.3 1.566 −8.5 −2.1 −3.38 0.002 −0.289 −0.4635 −0.11455 2 0.81 0.655 < .001
SERCA1 protein expression (a.u.) −57.53 25.052 −108.69 −6.37 −2.3 0.029 −0.183 −0.345 −0.02022 3 0.85 0.723 < .001
Keap1 protein expression (a.u.) −54.93 25.98 −107.99 −1.87 −2.11 0.043 −0.174 −0.3418 −0.00592 4 0.877 0.769 < .001
SERCA2 protein expression (a.u.) 13.88 5.284 3.09 24.67 2.63 0.013 0.208 0.0464 0.37019 5 0.895 0.801 < .001
Myoglobin protein expression (a.u.) −39.07 17.571 −74.96 −3.19 −2.22 0.034 −0.197 −0.3776 −0.01606 6 0.91 0.829 < .001



Predictive model for the O2deficit during the MFR test expressed as mL per kg of lower extremities lean mass (LLM)
Intercept −14.359 20.685 −56.271 27.553 −0.694 0.492
pSer40Nrf2 protein expression (a.u.) 73.477 20.476 31.99 114.965 3.589 < .001 0.452 0.197 0.7077 1 0.484 0.234 0.001
MAOD (mL·kg LLM−1) 0.406 0.125 0.152 0.66 3.237 0.003 0.399 0.149 0.6494 2 0.612 0.374 < .001
Log SOD1 protein expression (a.u.) −53.736 24.788 −103.961 −3.51 −2.168 0.037 −0.274 −0.53 −0.0179 3 0.667 0.445 < .001



Predictive model for the mean power in MFR test expressed as W per kg of lower extremities lean mass (LLM)
Intercept 13.3272 2.66098 7.9355 18.7188 5.01 < .001
O2 cost, O2/Work (mL·kJ−1) −0.054 0.00838 −0.071 −0.037 −6.44 < .001 −0.652 −0.857 −0.4468 1 0.572 0.327 < .001
VO2max (mL·kg LLM−1) 0.0611 0.01293 0.0349 0.0873 4.72 < .001 0.457 0.2613 0.6536 2 0.727 0.528 < .001
Keap1 protein expression (a.u.) −1.5425 0.56474 −2.6868 −0.3982 −2.73 0.01 −0.277 −0.4821 −0.0715 3 0.771 0.594 < .001
SERCA2 protein expression (a.u.) 0.3192 0.12625 0.0634 0.575 2.53 0.016 0.245 0.0486 0.4407 4 0.809 0.654 < .001

MAOD, maximal accumulated oxygen deficit; MCH, myosin heavy chain; Nrf2, nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2; SERCA, sarco-endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase; Keap1, kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1; SOD, superoxide dismutase; Log, logarithm.