. 2024 Apr 1;109(5):738–753. doi: 10.1113/EP091753

TABLE 1.

Participant characteristics.

Female (n = 4)

Male (n = 11)

Total (n = 15)

Age (years)

21.8 ± 1*

25.5 ± 4

24.5 ± 3.6

Height (cm)

163 ± 8*

176 ± 5

173 ± 8

Body mass (kg)

60.4 ± 9.6*

80.0 ± 6.2

74.7 ± 11.3

Body‐fat (%)

22.9 ± 1.8*

14.7 ± 4.4

16.9 ± 5.4

Fat‐free mass (kg)

46.5 ± 7.0*

68.2 ± 5.9

62.4 ± 11.6

Dynamic knee‐extension 1‐RM (kg)

24.3 ± 8.3*

42.7 ± 9.9

37.8 ± 12.5

Peak power

Absolute (W)

241 ± 57*

340 ± 80

314 ± 86

Relative (W/kg)

3.96 ± 0.36

4.23 ± 0.79

4.16 ± 0.7

Relative (W/FFM kg)

5.14 ± 0.55

4.95 ± 1.18

5.02 ± 0.87

{\dot{V}}_{O_{2} peak}

Absolute (L/min)

2.74 ± 0.63*

4.15 ± 0.60

3.77 ± 0.87

Relative (mL/min/kg)

45.1 ± 3.9*

51.8 ± 5.5

50.0 ± 5.9

Relative (mL/min/FFM kg)

58.6 ± 6.2

61.0 ± 7.6

60.3 ± 7.1

Gas exchange threshold

Absolute (L/min)

1.48 ± 0.30*

2.02 ± 0.48

1.88 ± 0.49

Relative (mL/min/kg)

24.6 ± 3.2

25.1 ± 4.9

25.0 ± 4.4

Relative (mL/min/FFM kg)

31.9 ± 4.3

29.6 ± 6.3

30.2 ± 5.8

Percentage of

{\dot{V}}_{O_{2} peak}

54.7 ± 7.1

48.1 ± 4.9

49.9 ± 6.0

Respiratory compensation point

Absolute (L/min)

2.22 ± 0.48*

3.22 ± 0.71

2.95 ± 0.79

Relative (mL/min/kg)

36.6 ± 3.1

40.1 ± 7.1

39.2 ± 6.4

Relative (mL/min/FFM kg)

47.5 ± 4.8

47.1 ± 8.5

47.2 ± 7.5

Percentage of

{\dot{V}}_{O_{2} peak}

81.2 ± 2.9

77.3 ± 9.4

78.3 ± 8.3

NIRS muscle oxidative capacity k‐constant (min⁻¹)

2.06 ± 0.66 (n = 2)

1.76 ± 0.93 (n = 10)

1.81 ± 0.87

Note: Data are presented as means ± standard deviation. *P < 0.05 versus males. Abbreviations: 1‐RM, one repetition maximum; FFM, fat‐free mass; NIRS, near‐infrared spectroscopy; ${\dot{V}}_{O_{2} peak}$ , peak oxygen uptake.