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. 2021 May 13;12:671827. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.671827

Table 2.

Cardiorespiratory parameters during the incremental cycling test in each group: groups of normal weight participants (REF), OW, and OB.

Parameters REF OW OB Mean
square
F p Post hoc
Mean (SD) min-max −95% 95% Mean (SD) min-max −95% 95% Mean (SD) min-max −95% 95%
HR 182.81 (15.02) 131.00–206.00 178.67 186.95 183.37 (16.00) 145.00–202.00 178.77 187.96 175.75 (17.00) 132–201 170.81 180.69 255.87 3.44 0.034
BF 45.19 (10.26) 24.00–69.00 42.36 48.02 47.16 (11.52) 24.00–71.00 43.86 50.47 40.46 (9.38) 23.00–75.00 37.74 43.18 108.66 5.30 0.005 b
T 10.20 (0.80) 12.10–15.10 9.98 10.42 15.20 (0.60) 12.20–15.30 15.03 15.37 15.20 (0.6) 13.5–15.8 15.03 15.37 10.64 4.62 0.011 a,c
VO2peak 1.39 (0.44) 0.69–2.84 1.27 1.51 1.48 (0.55) 0.74–3.58 1.32 1.64 1.64 (0.53) 0.84–3.17 1.49 1.79 0.25998 3.10 0.048 c
VO2peak/kg 36.51 (8.10) 11.00–52.00 34.27 38.75 29.18 (8.93) 14.00–49.00 26.62 31.75 25.44 (5.9) 13.00–37.00 23.70 27.17 60.805 26.50 <0.001 a,b,c
W 133.08 (56.80) 42.00–254.00 117.27 148.88 110.51 (59.90) 35.00–333.00 92.09 127.17 101.77 (41.14) 43.00–254.00 89.83 113.76 2921.7 4.64 0.011 a,c
VE 50.57 (19.04) 21.23–106.90 45.32 55.82 51.94 (24.50) 21.90–132.10 44.88 59.00 51.44 (14.50) 22.90–88.90 47.23 55.65 392.63 0.07 0.939
VE/VO2 26.69 (3.45) 20.30–33.90 25.74 27.63 30.77 (4.80) 21.90–39.50 29.39 32.15 31.24 (4.37) 24.40–42.30 29.97 32.51 17.874 18.01 <0.001 a,c
VE/VCO2 27.58 (3.11) 21.20–34.90 26.73 28.44 30.02 (3.97) 14.80–37.10 28.88 31.16 30.26 (3.21) 22.80–39.10 29.31 31.20 11.933 9.40 <0.001 a,c
RER 1.07 (0.09) 0.89–1.30 1.04 1.09 1.03 (0.12) 0.85–1.20 1.01 1.04 0.98 (0.07) 0.81–1.12 0.96 1.00 0.00567 16.24 <0.001 a,b,c

One-way ANOVA model. Dunn-Bonferroni post hoc test: a, differences between REF an OW; b, differences between OW and OB; c, differences between OB and REF. HR, heart rate; BF, breathing frequency; T, time; VO2peak, peak oxygen consumption/maximal oxygen uptake; VO2peak/kg, VO2peak per body mass; W, peak power output; VE, minute ventilation volume; VE/VO2, ventilation equivalent for oxygen; VE/VCO2, Ventilation equivalent for carbon dioxide; and RER, respiratory exchange ratio.