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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Appl Physiol. 2011 Jun 30;112(3):973–982. doi: 10.1007/s00421-011-2054-5

Table 2.

Pulmonary oxygen uptake steady state values for warm up, moderate (M), heavy (H) and very heavy (VH) exercise by race.

African Americans Caucasians
M H VH M H VH
VO2BL (L·min−1) 0.41±0.04 0.40±0.06 0.43±0.04 0.44±0.04 0.46±0.05 0.40±0.05
VO2E (L·min−1) 0.77±0.1 1.14±0.13a 1.57±0.3a 1.15±0.2b 1.53±0.19b 1.81±0.2a
a

P<0.05, significantly different from other exercise intensities within group.

b

P<0.05, significant influence of race (considering the specific intensity domain).