Table 1

Serum cardiac muscle damage markers correlation result with VO₂max

Pearson correlations		VO₂max	CK-MB	CTnI	LDH
VO₂max	Pearson’s r	–
	P value	–
CK-MB	Pearson’s r	−0.536**	–
	P value	0.002	–
CTnl	Pearson’s r	−0.466**	0.362*	–
	P value	0.009	0.050	–
LDH	Pearson’s r	−0.236	0.368*	0.066	–
	P value	0.209	0.045	0.728	–

*p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.
CK-MB, creatine kinase myocardial band;CTnI, Cardiac troponin I band;LDH, Lactate dehydrogenase;Vo₂max, maximum oxygen consumption.