Variables | Baseline | Follow-up HIT (n = 37) | t-test, P value | Baseline | Follow-up MICT (n = 41) | t-test, P value |
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Health-related quality of life SF-36v2 components summaries and subscales | ||||||
Physical Component Summary (PCS) | 42.2 ± 7.6 | 48.4 ± 9.3 | < 0.001 | 43.2 ± 7.7 | 49.0 ± 8.4 | < 0.001 |
Mental Component Summary (MCS) | 52.5 ± 12.9 | 53.4 ± 11.9 | 0.673 | 55.1 ± 8.2 | 52.5 ± 9.6 | 0.086 |
Physical Functioning | 45.0 ± 7.0 | 50.8 ± 6.0 | < 0.001 | 46.4 ± 6.4 | 51.6 ± 6.6 | < 0.001 |
Role Physical | 37.6 ± 10.4 | 48.1 ± 9.3 | < 0.001 | 40.8 ± 10.0 | 47.0 ± 10.0 | < 0.001 |
Bodily Pain | 47.8 ± 9.3 | 50.5 ± 10.5 | 0.163 | 48.1 ± 9.2 | 49.1 ± 12.2 | 0.583 |
General Health | 48.2 ± 9.4 | 50.8 ± 11.0 | 0.067 | 49.8 ± 7.3 | 51.2 ± 9.4 | 0.292 |
Vitality | 50.6 ± 10.8 | 52.6 ± 12.7 | 0.196 | 51.2 ± 9.4 | 53.6 ± 9.0 | 0.031 |
Social Functioning | 46.7 ± 9.9 | 50.2 ± 9.1 | 0.047 | 48.7 ± 8.7 | 50.7 ± 9.0 | 0.278 |
Role Emotional | 46.8 ± 13.1 | 52.0 ± 9.1 | 0.027 | 50.7 ± 7.7 | 48.7 ± 10.5 | 0.246 |
Mental Health | 53.1 ± 11.0 | 53.7 ± 9.7 | 0.684 | 55.4 ± 7.8 | 54.0 ± 9.7 | 0.232 |
HADS Anxiety median (IR) | 3.0 (3.5) | 2.0 (4.5) | 0.310a | 3.0 (3.5) | 3.0 (4) | 0.400a |
HADS Depression median (IR) | 2.0 (3.5) | 2.0 (4.8) | 0.331a | 1.0 (2.5) | 1.0 (3.8) | 0.866a |
VAS scale (0–100) median (IR)b | 82.0 (20.5) | 75.5 (37.3) | 0.235c | |||
Cardiopulmonary exercise test | ||||||
VO2peak (mL/kg/min) | 19.5 ± 4.3 | 24.4 ± 6.5 | < 0.001 | 21.3 ± 5.3 | 24.4 ± 6.7 | < 0.001 |
% of predicted VO2peak | 53.3 ± 11.6 | 66.6 ± 15.4 | < 0.001 | 58.4 ± 12.5 | 66.9 ± 14.8 | < 0.001 |
RPE (Borg scale score) | 18.7 ± 0.5 | 18.8 ± 0.6 | 0.290 | 18.5 ± 1.1 | 18.8 ± 0.7 | 0.098 |
RER | 1.17 ± 0.11 | 1.19 ± 0.1 | 0.314 | 1.22 ± 0.13 | 1.22 ± 0.1 | 0.751 |
Muscular capacity | ||||||
Maximal muscle strength extensors (Newton meter) | 184 ± 74 | 237 ± 81 | < 0.001 | 186 ± 73 | 222 ± 80 | < 0.001 |
Muscular exercise capacity extensors (Joule) | 2154 ± 952 | 3170 ± 1267 | < 0.001 | 2319 ± 1201 | 2870 ± 1240 | < 0.001 |