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. 2018 Mar 29;9:277. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00277

Table 1.

Participant characteristics and peak exercise responses.

	YI	YR	YT	OI	OR	OT
n	10	10	10	7	10	10
Age (yr)	26 ± 5	26 ± 6	30 ± 5	68 ± 3^*	68 ± 5^*	66 ± 3^*
Height (cm)	176 ± 6	179 ± 7	179 ± 5	171 ± 7	176 ± 5	178 ± 7
Weight (kg)	79 ± 17	80 ± 7	76 ± 7	77 ± 10	82 ± 9	77 ± 9
BMI (kg/m²)	25 ± 4	25 ± 2	24 ± 2	26 ± 4	27 ± 3	24 ± 2
$\dot{V}$ O_2peak (L·min⁻¹)	2.96 ± 0.55	3.92 ± 0.33^†	4.42 ± 0.32^†	2.50 ± 0.31^*	2.71 ± 0.42^*	3.20 ± 0.35^†^,^‡^,^*
GET (L·min⁻¹)	1.82 ± 0.15	2.08 ± 0.11^†	2.57 ± 0.34^†^,^‡	1.50 ± 0.21^*	1.70 ± 0.18^†^,^*	1.92 ± 0.19^†^,^‡^,^*
PO_peak (W)	249 ± 40	362 ± 35^†	420 ± 37^†^,^‡	237 ± 21^*	256 ± 32^*	303 ± 29^†^,^‡^,^*

Values are means ± SD. BMI, body mass index; $\dot{V}$ O_2peak, peak oxygen uptake; GET, gas exchange threshold; PO_peak, peak power output.

^†

Significantly different from inactive group (p < 0.05).

^‡

Significantly different from recreationally active group (p < 0.05).

^*

Significantly different from training-matched age group (p < 0.05).