Table 4.

Comparisons of cardiopulmonary fitness between patients with repaired tetralogy of fallot with normal and excessive body adipose (FMI group).

	AT MET	ATVO2	Peak MET	Peak VO2	Peak RER	Peak VO2%
	(ml/kg/min)	(ml/min)	(ml/kg/min)	(mi/min)		(%)
Total (N = 185)	6.10 ± 1.41	921.39 ± 341.61	8.54 ± 1.93	1,300.36 ± 508.90	1.16 ± 0.10	66.73 ± 15.56
Normal (N = 137)	6.39 ± 1.40	856.25 ± 301.29	8.90 ± 1.92	1,198.67 ± 439.11	1.16 ± 0.10	69.08 ± 15.18
Excessive (N = 48)	5.29 ± 1.12	1,107.32 ± 382.77	7.52 ± 1.59	1,590.59 ± 582.92	1.15 ± 0.10	60.04 ± 14.83
P-value	<0.001*	<0.001*	<0.001*	<0.001*	<0.001*	<0.001*
Boys (N = 104)	6.28 ± 1.44	975.18 ± 377.55	8.97 ± 1.93	1,406.91 ± 563.04	1.16 ± 0.10	60.90 ± 12.24
Normal (N = 77)	6.59 ± 1.37	882.32 ± 318.32	9.41 ± 1.83	1,270.13 ± 478.62	1.16 ± 0.10	63.33 ± 11.55
Excessive (N = 27)	5.39 ± 1.26	1240.02 ± 412.47	7.73 ± 1.68	1,796.97 ± 610.61	1.14 ± 0.10	53.94 ± 11.64
P-value	<0.001*	<0.001*	<0.001*	<0.001*	0.182	<0.001*
Girls (N = 81)	5.88 ± 1.37	852.32 ± 276.21	7.99 ± 1.80	1,163.55 ± 392.17	1.16 ± 0.10	74.22 ± 16.22
Normal (N = 60)	6.13 ± 1.42	822.79 ± 276.95	8.25 ± 1.84	1,106.96 ± 366.27	1.16 ± 0.10	76.45 ± 16.15
Excessive (N = 21)	5.17 ± 0.90	936.71 ± 262.29	7.25 ± 1.44	1,325.24 ± 427.06	1.16 ± 0.10	67.87 ± 15.03
P-value	0.005*	0.104	0.028*	0.027*	0.949	0.036*

AT MET, metabolic equivalent at anaerobic threshold; Peak MET, peak metabolic equivalent during exercise testing; AT VO₂, oxygen consumption at anaerobic threshold; Peak VO₂, peak oxygen consumption during exercise testing; RER, respiratory exchange ratio; peak VO₂%, percentage of measured peak oxygen consumption to the predicted value.

^*p-value < 0.05. Normal group <75% percentile of FIM of the each tested sample of sex; Excessive group≥75% percentile of FIM of the each tested sample of sex.