Table 3.

% VO_2max in different treadmill speeds and grades for 4-week-old untrained male Wistar rats.

Grade (°)	Speed (m min−1)
	0	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	55
0
VO2 (mL kg−1 min−1)	39.6 ± 4.7	55.5 ± 7.7	59.8 ± 7.9	61.3 ± 7.9	64.5 ± 6.6	70.6 ± 5.4	78.1 ± 5.0	85.8 ± 4.4	92.6 ± 6.5	101.6 ± 4.3	108.0 ± 6.9
%VO2max	35.79 ± 4.63	52.05 ± 4.59	59.05 ± 5.78	60.84 ± 5.56	64.25 ± 6.21	70.11 ± 5.80	78.67 ± 8.91	86.65 ± 7.47	93.28 ± 6.50	95.59 ± 2.88	100
5
VO2 (mL kg−1 min−1)	38.9 ± 5.5	55.9 ± 4.6	60.7 ± 4.1	65.5 ± 4.6	70.1 ± 6.3	76.3 ± 7.3	82.8 ± 6.8	91.2 ± 7.7	99.5 ± 7.0	106.2 ± 4.4	108.7 ± 4.0
%VO2max	34.07 ± 0.80	52.26 ± 8.57	58.39 ± 7.91	63.13 ± 8.10	67.83 ± 9.45	73.96 ± 11.27	79.96 ± 9.37	88.03 ± 8.91	95.86 ± 6.70	97.34 ± 4.03	100
10
VO2 (mL kg−1 min−1)	38.7 ± 3.3	55.3 ± 6.8	60.9 ± 9.4	69.1 ± 6.0	77.2 ± 10.6	85.1 ± 10.0	95.8 ± 6.8	98.9 ± 6.8	101.3 ± 6.4
%VO2max	34.95 ± 4.35	52.18 ± 5.36	58.59 ± 8.49	65.72 ± 7.19	73.57 ± 11.29	81.30 ± 12.04	91.03 ± 7.86	94.59 ± 7.53	96.68 ± 8.33
15
VO2 (mL kg−1 min−1)	37.9 ± 2.7	56.0 ± 5.0	65.4 ± 5.8	76.5 ± 6.4	85.0 ± 4.7	89.4 ± 5.0	93.8 ± 4.6	98.0 ± 5.0
%VO2max	34.22 ± 4.21	53.70 ± 7.63	62.76 ± 9.80	72.55 ± 10.15	80.36 ± 7.16	85.78 ± 4.85	89.46 ± 3.15	93.26 ± 4.41

All values are presented as mean ± SD, n = 10 for each group. %VO_2max is the ratio of VO₂ to VO_2max.