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. 2023 Feb 3;9:11. doi: 10.1038/s41526-023-00256-5

Table 2.

Proportion of astronauts that would be expected to have a 20% or greater loss at the first postflight session.

Endpoint P20 95% Confidence interval
Muscle strength, power, and size
 Leg Press Work 17.3 7.5 36.0
 Leg Press Power 14.5 5.8 32.7
 Bench Press Power 12.7 4.8 30.1
 Calf CSA 10.9 3.2 30.9
 Leg Press Force 8.8 2.8 24.9
 Bench Press Work 3.6 0.9 14.3
 Bench Press Force 2.2 0.4 11.2
 Leg Press 1RM 2.0 0.6 6.0
 Bench Press 1RM 0.5 0.1 2.6
 Quadricep CSA 0.1 0.0 3.8
 Hamstring CSA 0.0 0.0 2.1
Cardiorespiratory fitness
 Peak Workload 12.7 4.4 32.3
 VO2peak 7.3 2.3 22.2
 Ventilation 6.6 1.9 21.8
 Ventilatory threshold 0.0 0.0 2.1
Body composition
 Fat mass 4.0 1.5 9.9
 BMD trochanter 0.0 0.0 0.0
 BMD femoral neck 0.0 0.0 0.0
 BMD total hip 0.0 0.0 0.0
 BMD L1-L4 0.0 0.0 0.0
 Body mass 0.0 0.0 0.0
 Lean mass 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bone Volume
 Trabecula Femoral neck 14.7 5.8 32.7
 Trabecula Femur 2.2 0.5 9.4
 Trabecula Trochanter 1.8 0.4 8.6
 Cortical femoral neck 0.0 0.0 0.0
 Cortical trochanter 0.0 0.0 0.0
 Cortical femur 0.0 0.0 0.0

RM repetition maximum, CSA cross sectional area, VO2peak peak oxygen consumption, BMD bone mineral density

Values are %, 95% confidence interval.