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. 2019 May 25;9(2):99–104. doi: 10.15171/hpp.2019.14

Table 2. Heart rate responses across the conditions .

Variable Males Females Test-Statistic
Exercise Control Exercise Control
Baseline heart rate, mean bpm 84.55 (13.11) 72.65 (14.2) 93.75 (11.3) 83.4 (16.0) F(time)=254.6, P<0.001, ƞ2p=0.87
F(sex)=8.11, P=0.007, ƞ2p=0.17
F(condition)=192.2, P<0.001, ƞ2p=0.83
F(time x sex)=0.35, P=0.55, ƞ2p=0.01
F(time x condition)=162.3, P<0.001, ƞ2p=0.81
F(sex x condition)=0.62, P=0.43, ƞ2p=0.01
F(time x sex x condition)=0.40, P=0.52, ƞ2p=0.01
Endpoint heart rate, mean bpm 130.6 (10.2) 76.25 (16.3) 136.0 (11.3) 87.25 (18.4)

Bpm, beats per minute.

Values in parentheses are standard deviations.

For the physiological data (heart rate), a 2 (sex) x 2 (exercise vs. control) x 2 (rest vs. endpoint) repeated measures ANOVA was computed.