Table 3.

Reference equations for the VO₂max per kilogram

	Reference values	R2	SEE
Males
Median	− 0.0049 × age2 + 0.0884 × age + 48.263	0.9859	1.4364
Lower limit of normal	0.0002 × age3 − 0.0227 × age2 + 0.5809 × age + 31.909	0.9996	1.4934
Upper limit of normal	0.00005 × age3 − 0.0065 × age2 + 0.0655 × age + 64.801	0.9758	0.5529
Females
Median	− 0.0021 × age2 − 0.1407 × age + 43.066	0.9989	0.5775
Lower limit of normal	0.0017 × age2 − 0.3995 × age + 35.084	0.9982	0.4981
Upper limit of normal	0.0001 × age3 − 0.0153 × age2 + 0.5674 × age + 51.612	0.9894	1.3213