Table 2:
Maximal oxygen uptake (VO
2max
) and physiological results before and after training in both training groups.
Variables
Pretraining
Posttraining
95% confidence interval for differences
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
Mean differences
Lower bound
Upper bound
Hypoxia group
VO
2max
(mL/kg/min)
53.2
2.6
59.4
4.6
0.01
6.2
−8.9
−2.7
LA
max
(mmol/L)
11.1
1.8
10.4
1.5
0.06
−0.7
0.1
1.3
VE
max
(L/min)
163.2
9.6
166.9
13.8
0.05
3.7
−12.2
−2.2
HR
max
(1/min)
189.0
8.0
191.0
4.0
0.07
2.0
0.1
2.8
SBP
max
(mm Hg)
160.0
12.0
162.0
13.0
0.11
2.0
−14.1
−4.1
DBP
max
(mm Hg)
77.0
8.0
72.0
6.0
0.06
−5.0
−11.2
−2.4
SatO
2max
(%)
94.8
3.6
91.5
2.4
0.01
−3.3
0.8
4.4
pO
2max
(mmHg)
88.3
1.7
68.2
1.2
0.01
−20.1
17.3
22.7
pCO
2max
(mmHg)
34.1
1.7
33.4
1.2
0.05
−0.7
−0.4
1.2
P
max
(Watt)
277.3
16.1
293.6
15.7
0.05
16.4
−30.2
−2.5
Normoxia group
VO
2max
(mL/kg/min)
54.2
2.6
55.4
4.8
0.47
1.2
−2.9
1.4
LA
max
(mmol/L)
11.2
1.8
10.6
1.6
0.33
−0.6
−0.3
0.9
VE
max
(L/min)
160.4
12.5
165.4
13.0
0.05
5.0
−7.8
−1.5
HR
max
(1/min)
190.0
6.0
191.0
3.0
0.06
1.0
−4.0
0.1
SBP
max
(mm Hg)
156.0
10.0
155.0
9.0
1.00
−1.0
−8.9
−4.1
DBP
max
(mm Hg)
77.0
8.0
76.0
8.0
0.91
−1.0
−4.8
−3.7
SatO
2max
(%)
98.8
3.6
96.8
4.1
0.08
−2.0
1.8
3.1
pO
2max
(mmHg)
88.3
1.7
87.8
1.8
0.17
−0.5
−0.2
1.4
pCO
2max
(mmHg)
35.1
1.7
34.2
1.3
0.08
−0.9
−0.4
1.2
P
max
(Watt)
280.1
15.1
290.0
9.2
0.06
18.9
−31.6
−4.8