Table 1. Environment and physiologic measures.

Variable	Healthy Adults	p-value	Stroke Participants	p-value
Temperature (°C)
Visit 1	23 ± 1	0.06	22 ± 2	0.89
Visit 2	23 ± 1		22 ± 2
Humidity (%)
Visit 1	31 ± 4	0.16	18 ± 14	0.21
Visit 2	30 ± 5		20 ± 15
Resting HR (bpm)
Visit 1	58 ± 10	0.05	80 ± 12	0.79
Visit 2	60 ± 10		79 ± 10
Resting Systolic BP (mmHg)
Visit 1	123 ± 14	0.28	132 ± 16	0.83
Visit 2	122 ± 13		132 ± 13
Resting Diastolic BP (mmHg)
Visit 1	72 ± 9	0.001	78 ± 6	0.67
Visit 2	68 ± 10		79 ± 10
End Exercise HR (bpm)
Visit 1	142 ± 15	<0.01	121 ± 14	0.85
Visit 2	141 ± 16		121 ± 14
End Work (watts)
Visit 1	153 ± 25	0.71	63 ± 22	0.33
Visit 2	153 ± 24		64 ± 25
End RPE
Visit 1	16 ± 2	0.56	16 ± 2	0.19
Visit 2	15 ± 2		16 ± 1
End
Visit 1	687 ± 83	0.67	337 ± 127	0.21
Visit 2	684 ± 81		350 ± 113

°C = degrees Celsius; % = percent; HR = heart rate; bpm = beats per minute; BP = blood pressure; mmHg = millimeters of mercury, RPE = rate of perceived exertion