FIG. 1.
Study protocol.
Note: RE: routine examination; AM: anthropometric measurements; BS: blood sampling; OGTT: oral glucose tolerance test; EC: exercise capacity testing; CE 1h: walking uphill at 16% elevation for 1 hour at a velocity corresponding 55% VO2max; EE 1h: walking downhill at 16% elevation for 1 hour at the same velocity as when walking uphill.