Table 4.

Values of the respiratory variables of the three groups (within group comparisons). Values are group mean ±S.D.

Group, sample size and statistics	States	Rf (breaths/min)	VT (Liters) BTPS	VE (liters/min) BTPS	VO2 (ml/min) STPD	VCO2 (ml/min) STPD	PaCO2 (mmHg) STPD	EEkc (kcal/day)
HFYB (n=47) post-hoc tests following ANOVA	Pre	16.31±2.78	0.51±0.13	7.98±1.75	240.77±54.52	182.79±52.80	35.79±2.23	1636.49±385.78
	During 1	60.20±7.20***	0.40±0.09***	23.42±6.06***	318.20±68.13***	345.11±96.14***	26.80±2.40***	2347.24±402.67***
	During 2	61.11±7.17***	0.36±0.08***	21.79±5.00***	326.56±70.07***	294.67±67.57***	25.79±2.19***	2302.92±436.88***
	During 3	62.62±7.25***	0.36±0.07***	21.82±4.78***	327.68±67.79***	285.04±64.26***	25.24±2.26***	2291.81±412.21***
	Post 1	15.72±3.11	0.48±0.14	7.20±1.67***	244.53±45.34	154.09±45.30***	35.05±2.14*	1605.86±308.98
	Post 2	16.38±3.25	0.49±0.13	7.59±1.59	237.29±46.99	163.02±42.76**	35.08±2.14*	1582.32±324.06
	Post 3	16.43±3.39	0.50±0.14	7.71±1.58	237.04±46.48	166.93±42.47*	35.14±2.12*	1587.95±323.13
	Cohen’s d	0.044	0.150	0.285	0.023	0.445	0.321	0.126
BAW (n=47) post-hoc tests following ANOVA	Pre	15.56±3.54	0.51±0.18	7.43±1.63	229.56±56.54	174.89±47.79	36.35±1.93	1561.38±386.81
	During 1	14.46±4.03	0.60±0.31	7.54±1.89	228.70±57.52	184.85±60.97	36.26±2.86	1574.44±411.55
	During 2	14.81±4.06	0.57±0.29	7.45±1.71	225.63±56.75	177.06±53.61	35.85±2.85	1543.84±397.44
	During 3	14.59±4.17	0.60±0.33	7.51±1.74	225.70±57.13	178.89±55.52	35.68±2.71	1547.52±404.35
	Post 1	16.08±3.45	0.49±0.14	7.42±1.64	222.84±55.34	165.90±45.69	35.55±1.99***	1508.81±376.84
	Post 2	16.27±3.29	0.50±0.14	7.67±1.62	228.40±54.52	172.14±48.10	35.53±1.96***	1550.17±378.18
	Post 3	16.30±3.70	0.52±0.15	7.80±1.73	231.80±56.07	175.14±47.87	35.39±2.10***	1574.06±386.05
	Cohen’s d	0.187	0.041	0.121	0.033	0.080	0.436	0.044
Control (n=20) t-test for paired data	Pre	15.16±3.56	0.53±0.13	7.62±1.26	244.65±44.33	195.37±32.63	37.77±2.43	1680.05±296.21
	During 1	14.41±3.68	0.51±0.13*	7.05±1.18**	221.09±39.36***	178.51±32.29***	37.72±2.26	1521.72±267.16***
	During 2	14.73±3.53	0.51±0.13	7.02±1.20***	216.58±36.94***	175.48±27.83**	37.59±2.27	1491.77±246.10***
	During 3	14.59±3.32	0.48±0.10**	6.76±1.10***	208.07±37.07***	166.81±29.60***	37.65±1.94	1430.02±250.15***
	Post 1	14.90±3.03	0.48±0.10*	6.94±1.06**	211.85±35.54***	169.10±24.90***	37.53±2.17	1454.67±234.98***
	Post 2	15.23±2.89	0.48±0.09*	7.00±1.05**	213.23±38.02***	169.88±25.44***	37.33±2.12	1463.57±248.84***
	Post 3	15.05±3.37	0.50±0.12	6.99±1.02**	213.91±35.43***	172.00±26.84***	37.16±2.04	1471.02±236.66***
	Cohen’s d	0.030	0.371	0.559	0.784	0.858	0.189	0.8.09

^*P<0.05, post-hoc analyses with Bonferroni adjustment and t-test for paired data;

^**P<0.01, post-hoc analyses with Bonferroni adjustment and t-test for paired data;

^***P<0.001, post-hoc analyses with Bonferroni adjustment compared with pre and t-test for paired data.