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. 2016 Sep 24;5(9):e004258. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.116.004258

Table 3.

Resting, Submaximal, and Maximal Cardiopulmonary Exercise Measures

Variable n Value
Rest
Heart rate, beats/min 59 89±17
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg 59 114±10
Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg 59 69±7
O2 saturation (%) 59 96 (94, 98)
Cardiac index, L/min/m2 56 2.61±0.7
Anaerobic threshold
VO2, mL/kg/min 57 21.1±5.8
Percentagea of predicted peak VO2 57 90.2±24.5
VE/VCO2 57 33.8±6.6
Peak exercise
VO2, mL/kg/min 54 27.8±7.6
Percentagea of predicted peak VO2 54 71.0±21.2
Work, W 50 2067 (1623, 3355)
Heart rate, beats/min 56 166±24
Respiratory rate, breaths/min 54 51±11
Respiratory exchange ratio 54 1.12±0.09
O2 pulse, mL/beat/BSA 54 5.47±1.41
O2 saturation (%) 56 94 (90, 96)
Cardiac index, L/min/m2 32 5.07±1.07
Stroke volume, mL 32 47.6±14.5

Data are presented as mean±SD or median (interquartile range). BSA, body surface area; VE/VCO2, ventilatory equivalents of carbon dioxide; VO2, oxygen consumption.

a

Percentage predicted for age and sex.