Table 2.

Subject characteristics

	Low-Fit (n = 16)	High-Fit (n = 15)
Age, yr	24.0 [21.3–25.5]	21.8 [21.6–23.7]
Ethnicity	Caucasian (11), Asian (1), Indo-pacific (4)	All Caucasian
Weight, kg	59.2 ± 7.2	61.2 ± 7.0
Height, m	1.63 ± 0.08*	1.68 ± 0.05*
Fat mass (% of weight)	28.9 ± 3.9*	25.1 ± 4.4*
V̇o2peak, mL/kg/min	35.1 [32.2–35.7]****	50.4 [49.0–54.0]****
Baecke total score	7.3 ± 1.0****	9.5 ± 0.8****
Hemoglobin, mmol/L	8.4 ± 0.6	8.5 ± 0.6

V̇o_2peak, maximal oxygen consumption values. Values are means ± SD for normally distributed data, and median [IQR] for not normally distributed data.

*P < 0.05; ****P < 0.0001.