. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 14.

Published in final edited form as: Transplantation. 2009 Aug 15;88(3):395–401. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181aed7d1

Table 3.

Exercise outcomes in renal transplant recipients and control subjects

Characteristic	Transplant N = 50	Controls N = 70	p value
Peak heart rate	186 ± 16	191 ± 12	0.04
RER	1.18 ± 0.08	1.20 ± 0.09	0.35
Resting SBP index	0.92 ± 0.10	0.89 ± 0.10	0.12
Peak SBP index	1.28 ± 0.18	1.29 ± 0.19	0.73
Resting DBP index	0.96 ± 0.15	0.90 ± 0.09	0.01
Peak DBP index	0.88 ± 0.12	0.83 ± 0.09	0.01
Change in BP	44 ± 17	51 ± 19	0.06
VO_2max (L/min)	1.7 ± 0.6	2.0 ± 0.6	< 0.01
VO_2max (ml/kg/min)	29.6 ± 7.7	31.5 ± 7.8	0.20
VO_2max (ml/kgFFM/min)	45.5 ± 8.8	47.7 ± 8.0	0.14

RER, respiratory exchange ratio; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; BP, blood pressure; VO_2max, maximal oxygen consumption; FFM, fat free mass.