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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Appl Physiol (1985). 2008 Jan 17;104(4):952–957. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01072.2007

Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of research subjects

CHF Control P Value
Mean age, yr 60.3±5.4 64.5±8.3 0.68
Mean body weight, kg 76.3±8.1 89.3±11.9 0.40
Mean peak V̇O2, ml·kg−1·min−1 16.7±1.4 34.0±4.3 0.02
Leg muscle mass, kg 18.1±0.7 21.2±1.7 0.19
Leg force isokinetic, N ·m 76.7±12.8 141.0±20.2 0.04
Leg force isometric, N ·m 148.5±9.6 211.8±11.2 <0.01

Values are means ± SE. CHF, chronic heart failure subjects; V̇O2, oxygen consumption.