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Table 6 Course of cardiorespiratory variables during the recovery phase

From: Re-esterified DHA improves ventilatory threshold 2 in competitive amateur cyclists

Variable

Group

Trial

Time (minutes’ seconds”)

Cumulative AUC

Intra-groupp-value

Inter-group · Time−1

   

000

130

300

430

   

Lactate (mmol/L)

DHA

Baseline

12.0±3.2

12.4±1.8

11.8±1.7

11.3±1.4

880.6±100.4

} p = 0.841

} p = 0.694

  

Post

11.2±1.9

12.1±1.9

12.0±2.0

11.2±2.3

874.5±141.6

  
 

PLA

Baseline

11.4±1.7

12.2±2.0

12.0±1.7

11.5±2.1

908.1±157.2

} p = 0.718

 
  

Post

11.3±2.4

12.4±1.6

12.2±1.8

12.1±1.9

918.4±127.0

  

VO2 (ml/min)

DHA

Baseline

3662±425

2122±451

1767±363

1556±285

584,825±91,516

} p = 0.034*

} p = 0.136

  

Post

3662±549

2248±421

1960±365

1750±374

622,230±97,050

  
 

PLA

Baseline

3629±403

2154±336

1791±287

1654±282

592,765±75,399

} p = 0.920

 
  

Post

3600±432

2142±427

1800±407

1726±399

594,396±100,112

  

HR (bpm)

DHA

Baseline

184±9

158±12

158±12

141±12

41,010±2,778

} p = 0.001*

} p = 0.005*

  

Post

182±9

151±12

130±11

122±13

38,955±2,719

  
 

PLA

Baseline

181±10

155±13

137±12

137±12

40,259±3,135

} p = 0.024*

 
  

Post

180±10

152±12

134±11

128±9

39,535±2,682

  
  1. Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation (SD). Intra-group and inter-group analysis corresponds to the cumulative area under the curve (AUC) * p <0.05