Table 3. Analysis of covariance between the EXP and CON groups at the final measurement.

	Adj Means
	ЕXP (n=30)	CON (n=30)
Heart Rate (beat/min)	71.94	98.31**
Systolic BP (mmHg)	131.19	135.41**
Diastolic BP (mmHg)	81.20	82.75
VO2peak (l/min)	1.79	1.71
VO2peak (ml/min/kg)	24.85	21.08*
Wilk's lambda 0.77, Rao's R 2.97, df1 5, df2 49, p=0.020*

BP-blood pressure, VO2peak-maximal oxygen uptake, RVO2max-relative oxygen uptake, EXP − experimental group, CON − control group, Adj Means − adjusted means, the level of significance * p<0 .05, ** p< 0.01