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)
FEV
1.0
(l
.
s
-1
)
4.75 (.58)
4.52 (.57)
4.98 (.55)
VO
2
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.