Table 1.
Characteristics of the study samples (means ± standard deviations)
| Model group for the EB-testnew equation | Cross-validation group for the EB-testnew equation | Comparison groupa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men (n = 117) | Women (n = 100) | Men (n = 60) | Women (n = 55) | Men (n = 27) | Women (n = 44) | |
| Age (years) | 48.3 (15.7) | 46.1 (16.8) | 40.6 (17.1) | 41.6 (16.7) | 36.0 (12.8) | 36.9 (13.7) |
| Height (cm) | 180.4 (6.9) | 166.2 (6.2) | 180.4 (6.0) | 167.3 (6.9) | 179.0 (5.6) | 167.2 (7.2) |
| Body Mass (kg) | 80.7 (9.0) | 63.7 (8.5) | 82.5 (15.4) | 63.9 (8.8) | 81.8 (17.2) | 63.5 (7.9) |
| VO2max (L min−1) | 3.73 (0.86) | 2.55 (0.58) | 3.95 (0.89) | 2.75 (0.59) | 3.70 (0.55) | 2.85 (0.53) |
| VO2max (mL kg−1 min−1) | 46.6 (11.1) | 40.4 (9.6) | 49.0 (12.1) | 43.2 (8.9) | 46.4 (8.4) | 45.1 (7.9) |
| HRmax (beats min−1) | 178 (17) | 179 (12) | 185 (15) | 182 (12) | 192 (11) | 185 (11) |
aIncluding those participants in the cross-validation group with a valid EB-test2012 and Åstrand test