Table 2.

Results of the incremental exercise tests at HA and SL

	HA	SL	P value
SpO2peak (%)	72.8 ± 7.3	98 ± 1.4	<0.001
WRpeak (W)	138 ± 26	208 ± 44	<0.01
${\dot{V}}_{{\mathrm{O}}_{2\mathrm{peak}}}$ (ml/min)	1,690 ±533	2,227 ± 511	<0.01
${\dot{V}}_{{\mathrm{CO}}_{2\mathrm{peak}}}$ (ml/min)	2,060 ± 570	2,820 ± 780	<0.01
${\dot{V}}_{\mathrm{Epeak}}$ (l/min)	123.4 ± 33.3	91.3 ± 28.6	<0.01
θL (ml/min)	1,015 ± 222	1,302 ± 241	<0.01
HRpeak (bpm/min)	147 ± 13	168 ± 12	<0.001