Table 6.

Mood states (POMS) at the different time-points (T₁–T₇) while sitting (SIT) or when sitting was interrupted by the 6-min HIIT (SIT+HIIT).

	Time-points
Variable	Condition	T0	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	T7	Best d
Anxiety/depression [a.u.]	SIT	–	1.2 ± 2.6	0.5 ± 0.8	0.4 ± 0.8	0.4 ± 1.0	0.7 ± 1.2	0.3 ± 0.7	0.3 ± 1.2	0.69
	SIT+HIIT	–	1.7 ± 2.9ab	0.5 ± 0.8a	0.1 ± 0.3a	0.2 ± 0.6a	0.1 ± 0.3a	0.5 ± 0.8a	0.1 ± 0.3a
Vigor [a.u.]	SIT	–	15.4 ± 8.3	13.4 ± 7.6	13.2 ± 8.2	12.1 ± 6.0	9.8 ± 6.7a	11.8 ± 8.6	12.3 ± 9.0	1.3
	SIT+HIIT	–	16.8 ± 8.8	12.9 ± 7.1	23.9 ± 8.3ab	18.8 ± 7.7b	16.1 ± 6.9b	15.7 ± 8.9	13.5 ± 7.9
Fatigue [a.u.]	SIT	–	6.0 ± 4.7	5.7 ± 4.7	4.6 ± 5.0	5.0 ± 5.3	7.3 ± 7.1	6.9 ± 5.4	6.2 ± 5.3	0.49
	SIT+HIIT	–	7.5 ± 4.2	8.4 ± 6.2	3.8 ± 3.9a	4.8 ± 6.1	5.3 ± 5.0	6.7 ± 7.8	7.0 ± 6.6
Hostility [a.u.]	SIT	–	0.3 ± 0.7	0.7 ± 1.2	0.5 ± 0.8	0.5 ± 1.0	1.3 ± 2.7	0.8 ± 1.3	0.3 ± 0.8	0.57
	SIT+HIIT	–	0.0 ± 0.0	0.1 ± 0.3	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	0.2 ± 0.4	0.2 ± 0.4	0.1 ± 0.3

a.u., arbitrary units. ^aP < 0.05 for the difference to T₁ within group. ^bP < 0.05 for the difference between groups.