Figure 1.

Flowchart of participant recruitment. Note that potential participants may have been deemed ineligible due to one or more criteria (therefore the n values for the reasons participants were “not eligible” do not sum to the total number of participants who were not eligible). *Other reasons for exclusion were: myocardial ischemia during exercise (n = 1), Churg–Strauss syndrome (autoimmune vasculitis; n = 1), heart transplant patient (n = 1), age (n = 2; 17 and 85 years), unable to do baseline assessment of aerobic fitness (n = 3; due to: wheelchair, high blood pressure, musculoskeletal issues), participation vetoed by cardiologist without provided reason (n = 2), impaired glucose tolerance (n = 6). BMI, body mass index; CR, cardiac rehabilitation; fCF, forearm critical force; METs, metabolic equivalents.