Research Article

Differences in Ventilatory Threshold for Exercise Prescription in Outpatient Diabetic and Sarcopenic Obese Subjects

Table 2

Absolute and relative exercise intensities at maximal effort in obese, sarcopenic obese, and T2DM subjects.

OBOST2DM

Ventilation (L min−1)50.0 ± 7.851.7 ± 748.5 ± 5.8
(mL kg−1 min−1)18.1 ± 3.216.9 ± 2.916.7 ± 4.8
(mL min−1)1711 ± 4621517 ± 3191706 ± 616
5.2 ± 0.94.8 ± 0.84.8 ± 1.4
%81.2 ± 9.675.3 ± 11.576.3 ± 9.3

Notes: OB: obese subjects; OS: sarcopenic obese subjects; T2DM: type 2 diabetes mellitus; : peak oxygen uptake; MET: metabolic equivalent; %: percent of maximal heart rate. No statistically significant difference () was found between OB, OS, and T2DM subjects.