Table 3.

Ergospirometry measurements.

	Without CLE	With CLE	P a
Maximum heart rate	191 (12)	191 (13)	0.6
Respiratory exchange ratio (RER)	1.24 (0.13)	1.17 (0.13)	0.1
Maximum watt achieved during test	194 (35.4)	203 (18.7)	0.8
Test duration in minutes	8.3 (0.6)	8.6 (1.5)	0.8
Maximal oxygen uptake in millilitres of O2 per minute	2608 (303)	2586 (308)	0.65

All values in this table are noted as mean (SD) unless otherwise stated.

a: paired t-tests