[Table/Fig-3]:
Respiratory efficiency across different weight categories within phases of menstrual cycle (respiratory blast test). Values are given as mean±SD.
| Phase | Weight category |
Mean | Std. Deviation |
F statistic | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menstrual | Normal | 44 | 21.62 | 2.236 | 0.116 |
| Overweight | 41.00 | 14.105 | |||
| Obese | 33.50 | 10.894 | |||
| Follicular | Normal | 45.50 | 13.563 | 2.337 | 0.106 |
| Overweight | 36.50 | 12.680 | |||
| Obese | 39.50 | 13.945 | |||
| Luteal | Normal | 41.00 | 17.137 | 0.563 | 0.573 |
| Overweight | 38.50 | 12.258 | |||
| Obese | 36.50 | 9.881 |
(*p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001). Statistical analysis was done using One-way Analysis Of Variance (ANOVA) followed by Student Newman Keul’s multiple comparison tests.