Table 5.
Performance variables.
| CT (n = 20) | CO (n = 22) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | T3 | p | T1 | T3 | p | p * | p ** | |
| VO2max (mL/kg/min) | 57.72 ± 5.10 | 59.89 ± 3.59 | 0.032 * | 59.70 ± 5.13 | 61.30 ± 4.79 | 0.038 * | 0.217 | 0.302 |
| VT1 (km/h) | 13.18 ± 0.96 | 13.72 ± 1.00 | 0.001 * | 13.6 ± 0.87 | 13.86 ± 0.91 | 0.010 * | 0.138 | 0.640 |
| VT2 (km/h) | 15.51 ± 1.13 | 16.01 ± 1.29 | 0.001 * | 16.04 ± 0.79 | 16.42 ± 0.98 | 0.010 * | 0.084 | 0.253 |
| MAS (km/h) | 17.59 ± 1.37 | 18.06 ± 1.43 | 0.001 * | 18.10 ± 1.08 | 17.85 ± 2.08 | 0.572 | 0.185 | 0.681 |
| T1km (min) | 3.24 ± 0.29 | 3.18 ± 0.26 | 0.207 | 3.21 ± 0.24 | 3.17 ± 0.24 | 0.207 | 0.692 | 0.915 |
VO2max: maximum oxygen consumption; MAS: maximal aerobic speed; VT1: first ventilatory threshold; VT2: second ventilator threshold; t1km: time to run 1 km; CT: control group; CO: cocoa group; p: intragroup comparison; p *: intergroup comparison at T1; p **: intergroup comparison at T3; *: significantly different.