Table 12.
Characteristics of the oxygen uptake and energy expenditure per walking commuting step (total and minus 1 MET) (mean, SD and 95% CI).
| Walking commuters | Oxygen uptake | Energy expenditure | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxygen uptake per step | Oxygen uptake per step and body weight | Oxygen uptake – 1 MET per step | Oxygen uptake – 1 MET per step and body weight | Calories per step | Calories per step and body weight | Calories - 1 MET per step | Calories - 1 MET per step and body weight | |
| mL ·step−1 | mL ·step−1 ·kg −1 | (mL – mL) ·step−1 | (mL – mL) ·step−1 ·kg −1 | cal ·step−1 | cal ·step−1 ·kg −1 | (cal – cal) ·step−1 |
(cal – cal) ·step−1 ·kg −1 |
|
| Men (n = 10) |
13.0 3.0 (10.8–15.1) |
0.161 0.028 (0.141–0.181) |
10.9 2.8 (8.9–12.9) |
0.135 0.027 (0.116–0.155) |
63.4 14.7 (52.9–73.9) |
0.787 0.134 (0.691–0.883) |
53.2 13.6 (43.5–62.9) |
0.661 0.133 (0.565–0.756) |
| Women (n = 10) |
9.60* 1.25 (8.71–10.50) |
0.158 0.020 (0.144–0.173) |
8.11* 1.16 (7.28–8.94) |
0.134 0.020 (0.120–0.148) |
46.6* 6.2 (42.2–51.0) |
0.768 0.093 (0.702–0.835) |
39.4* 5.7 (35.3–43.4) |
0.650 0.094 (0.583–0.717) |
*
Significant differences (p < 0.05) between men and women.