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Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2021 Mar 1;53(3):624–632. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000002487

Table 1.

Participant characteristics and measures of fat oxidation and fat storage

Variable	Mean ± SD	Range
Age (years)	28 ± 7	19 – 44
BMI (kg/m²)	22 ± 2	19 – 26
Waist circumference (cm)	77 ± 8	67 – 93
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	113 ± 9	99 – 127
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	74 ± 7	64 – 90
Body mass (kg)	61.6 ± 10.3	49.4 – 86.3
Fat free mass (kg)	44.9 ± 8.2	34.3 – 62.9
Fat mass (kg)	16.6 ± 4.4	8.4 – 24.0
Body fat (%)	27.0 ± 5.3	13.0 – 34.4
Absolute VO₂max (L/min)	2.01 ± 0.35	1.44 – 2.82
Relative VO₂max (ml/kg/min)	32.2 ± 4.5	23.6 – 40.0
Basal RER	0.78 ± 0.08	0.70 – 0.85
Exercise RER	0.94 ± 0.04	0.88 – 0.97
Basal fat oxidation (μmol FA/kg/min)	4.37 ± 0.95	2.87 – 6.43
Exercise fat oxidation (μmol FA/kg/min)	8.26 ± 3.65	2.96 – 14.81
Skeletal muscle triacylglycerol (pmol/μg)	31.8 ± 26.2	7.9 – 101.9

Data are presented as mean ± SD (standard deviation). RER, respiratory exchange ratio; FA, fatty acid.