The oxygen uptake efficiency slope in 1411 Caucasian healthy men and women aged 20-60 years: Reference values

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 356-363

  Buys, Roselien ^a   Coeckelberghs, Ellen ^a   Vanhees, Luc ^a,b   Cornelissen, Véronique A ^a  

^a KU LEUVEN DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b UAS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adults; Cardiopulmonary exercise testing; healthy; oxygen uptake efficiency slope; reference values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CAUCASIAN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN UPTAKE EFFICIENCY SLOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CYCLING; EXERCISE TEST; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BICYCLING; BODY SURFACE AREA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922651917     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487314547658     Document Type: Article

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