Table 4.

Subgroup analysis of the short-term detraining effect on V̇O₂max.

	k	SMD	95% CI	p	Q	I 2
Training status
Higher	7	-0.76	-1.10; -0.41	<0.001	9.32	0.37
Lower	7	-0.46	-0.75; -0.18	0.014	9.39	0.36
Age
<20	1	-0.83	-1.57; -0.08	0.030	—	—
≥20	13	-0.61	-0.95; -0.26	<0.001	19.3	0.38
CDT	11	-0.54	-0.82; -0.26	<0.001	14.4	0.31
PDT	3	-0.65	-1.00; -0.30	0.01	5.76	0.65

k: number of studies; SMD: <-0.5, small; 0.5 to 0.8, moderate; and >0.8, large; I²: heterogeneity test.