A comparison of cardiorespiratory and cardiometabolic responses between and within the groups
| Variables | Moderate intensity group | P value | High intensity group | between groups | P value | |||
| Pre-test | Post-test | Pre-test | Post-test | P value | ANOVA | |||
| M±SD | M±SD | M±SD | M±SD | F | ||||
| Cardiorespiratory markers | ||||||||
| Systolic BP | 120.5±8.3 | 119.4±10.3 | 0.762 | 113.5±5.5 | 114.5±6.5 | 0.644 | 7.449 | 0.01 |
| Diastolic BP | 74.1±8.5 | 77.5±9.80 | 0.242 | 73.5±8.7 | 74.1±6.9 | 0.828 | 0.29 | 0.866 |
| MAP | 89.5±7.1 | 91.6±9.7 | 0.454 | 86.8±6.5 | 87.3±4.8 | 0.759 | 2.275 | 0.143 |
| RHR | 75.9±8.3 | 71.7±0.6 | 0.250 | 71.2±8.8 | 71.7±7.0 | 0.872 | 2.235 | 0.146 |
| VO2max | 60.7±4.5 | 62.2±4.7 | 0.345 | 60.4±4.5 | 60.8±4.2 | 0.082 | 0.46 | 0.831 |
| Cardiometabolic markers | ||||||||
| LDH | 136±38.4 | 245.8±102.1 | 0.002 | 178.9±52 | 297.5±10 | 0.001 | 1.961 | 0.172 |
| cTnI | 0.10±0.11 | 0.44±0.22 | 0.0001 | 0.12±0.12 | 0.59±0.32 | 0.0001 | 2.482 | 0.126 |
| CK-MB | 1.12±0.97 | 3.39±10 | 0.0002 | 1.71±1.4 | 4.1±1.6 | 0.00001 | 1.764 | 0.195 |
ANOVA, analysis of variance; BP, blood pressure; CK-MB, creatine kinase myocardial band; cTnI, cardiac troponin I; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; MAP, mean arterial pressure; M±SD, mean and standard deviation; RHR, resting heart rate; VO2max, maximum oxygen consumption.