Athletic Differences in the Characteristics of the Photoplethysmographic Pulse Shape: Effect of Maximal Oxygen Uptake and Maximal Muscular Voluntary Contraction
Table 1
Clinical variables from the 304 athletes studied.
Variables
MaxO2 subgroups
MMVC subgroups
Low
Middle
High
value
Low
Middle
High
value
No.
60
110
134
0.1
130
84
90
0.4
Gender (F/M)
30/30
55/55
67/67
1.0
65/65
42/42
45/45
1.0
Age, year
20 ± 2
18 ± 4
20 ± 2
<0.05
20 ± 4
20 ± 2
19 ± 3
<0.05
Height, cm
172 ± 10
172 ± 10
174 ± 7
0.3
172 ± 8
177 ± 9
170 ± 9
<0.05
Weight, kg
71 ± 21
63 ± 12
63 ± 9
<0.05
62 ± 12
65 ± 12
67 ± 16
<0.05
HR, beats/min
66 ± 11
66 ± 10
60 ± 10
<0.05
72 ± 9
64 ± 13
66 ± 10
0.1
SBP, mmHg
116 ± 12
118 ± 10
116 ± 9
0.4
116 ± 9
119 ± 10
117 ± 13
0.1
DBP, mmHg
71 ± 9
67 ± 8
72 ± 8
<0.05
72 ± 7
71 ± 8
67 ± 10
<0.05
PP, mmHg
45 ± 10
50 ± 11
45 ± 8
<0.05
44 ± 7
48 ± 9
50 ± 13
<0.05
Note: HR: heart rate, SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, and PP: pulse pressure; value obtained from ANOVA analysis measures the differences between the three subgroups categorized by MaxO2 or MMVC.
