Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of participants and training groups. Values are means (äSD).
| Parameter |
All participants |
Group E |
Group C |
| Age (yr) |
24 (2) |
24 (2 |
25 (1) |
| Height (m) |
1.80 (.05) |
1.79 (.06 |
180 (4) |
| Body mass (kg) |
79 (7) |
78 (5) |
81 (9) |
| Body mass index (kg·m–2) |
25 (2) |
24 (1) |
25 (3) |
| VC (l) |
5.74 (.85) |
5.53 (1.16) |
5.95 (.40) |
| FEV1.0 (l.s-1) |
4.75 (.58) |
4.52 (.57) |
4.98 (.55) |
| VO2 peak (ml·kg-1·min-1) |
43.3 (4.6) |
42.2 (4.3) |
42.3 (4.9) |
VC, vital capacity, FEV1.0, forced expiratory volume in one second; VO peak, peak oxygen uptake.
