Table 6.
Power on ergometer during incremental exercise tests and their association with periodontal health (PBI and PSI).
| Total | Association to PBI | Association to PSI | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PBI < 0.46 | PBI ≥ 0.46 | p-Value | PSI < 3 | PSI ≥ 3 | p-Value | ||||||||||||
| Power (Running) (n = 20) | |||||||||||||||||
| P_la = 2 mmol/L (km/h) | 12.0 | ± | 1.5 | 11.6 | ± | 1.1 | 12.3 | ± | 1.7 | 0.30 | 12.3 | ± | 1.1 | 11.8 | ± | 1.8 | 0.49 |
| P_LT2 (km/h) | 13.3 | ± | 1.4 | 12.9 | ± | 1.0 | 13.6 | ± | 1.6 | 0.28 | 13.4 | ± | 1.2 | 13.3 | ± | 1.7 | 0.92 |
| P_LT1 (km/h) | 9.8 | ± | 1.1 | 9.4 | ± | 0.8 | 10.0 | ± | 1.2 | 0.22 | 9.7 | ± | 1.0 | 9.8 | ± | 1.3 | 0.85 |
| Pmax (km/h) | 16.4 | ± | 1.7 | 16.1 | ± | 1.3 | 16.5 | ± | 2.0 | 0.55 | 16.6 | ± | 1.6 | 16.1 | ± | 1.9 | 0.58 |
| Power (Cycling) (n = 10) | |||||||||||||||||
| P_la = 2 mmol/L (W) | 217.9 | ± | 62.8 | 244.5 | ± | 52.9 | 178.0 | ± | 60.3 | 0.10 | 220.2 | ± | 69.3 | 215.6 | ± | 63.8 | 0.92 |
| P_LT2 (W) | 238.4 | ± | 65.9 | 263.3 | ± | 60.5 | 201.0 | ± | 62.0 | 0.09 | 245.8 | ± | 68.6 | 231.0 | ± | 70.3 | 0.92 |
| P_LT1 (W) | 150.3 | ± | 47.4 | 165.0 | ± | 46.5 | 128.3 | ± | 45.5 | 0.29 | 157.8 | ± | 47.6 | 142.8 | ± | 51.6 | 0.53 |
| Pmax (W) | 326.5 | ± | 77.1 | 360.5 | ± | 65.3 | 275.5 | ± | 70.4 | 0.09 | 332.8 | ± | 74.1 | 320.2 | ± | 88.3 | 0.81 |
| Pmax_rel (W/kg) | 4.8 | ± | 0.5 | 5.0 | ± | 0.5 | 4.4 | ± | 0.3 | 0.03 | 4.9 | ± | 0.7 | 4.6 | ± | 0.4 | 0.25 |
Abbreviations: P_la = 2 mmol/l: power on ergometer when having lactate value of 2 mmol/L; P_LT1: power at lactate threshold 1; P_LT2: power at lactate threshold 2; PBI: Papillary Bleeding Index; PSI: Periodontal Screening Index with PSI ≥ 3 indicating increased probing depths as a sign of probable periodontitis; Pmax: maximum power on ergometer; Pmax_rel: relative maximum power. Bold marks significant differences (p < 0.05).