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. 2017 Jan 9;7:661. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2016.00661

Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics of participants in the LV-HIIE and CMIE protocol group.

LV-HIIE CMIE p-value
Participants 14 13
Males 5 5
Females 9 8
Females with PCOS 6 5
Age (years) 30 ± 1 30. ± 2 0.96
Height (cm) 169.5 ± 2.7 166.4 ± 2.3 0.40
Weight 84.1 ± 5.1 83.3 ± 5.6 0.92
BMI (kg·m−2) 29.2 ± 1.4 30.0 ± 1.8 0.70
BMI >25 kg·m−2 4 males 8 females 4 males 7 females
Waist to hip ratio 0.82 ± 0.02 0.84 ± 0.03 0.85
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) 122 ± 3 117 ± 3 0.20
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) 85 ± 3 78 ± 3 0.07
Wmax (Watts) 175 ± 19 170 ± 14 0.82
Max heart rate (BPM) 186 ± 3 180 ± 4 0.22
VO2max (ml·kg−1·min−1) 28.7 ± 2.2 28.8 ± 1.9 0.98
Total exercise session work (kJ) 147 ± 13 191 ± 15* 0.04
Total exercise session duration (min) 24 38* <0.01
HOMA2-IR 1.4 ± 0.1 1.4 ± 0.2 0.78
Fasting glucose (mmol/l) 4.5 ± 0.1 5.0 ± 0.3 0.12
Fasting insulin (pmol/l) 88 ± 7 84 ± 12 0.78

Values are mean ± SEM.

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p < 0.05 compared to LV-HIIE. LV-HIIE, low-volume high-intensity interval exercise; CMIE, continuous moderate-intensity exercise; PCOS, polycystic ovary syndrome; HOMA2-IR, homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance version 2. BMI: body mass index.