Table 4

Mean (SD) cardiorespiratory response to maximal exercise capacity

MaleFemale
ALLOther malignanciesControlsALLOther malignanciesControls
Heart rate (beats/min)203 (7)201 (10)201 (6)203 (9)209 (4)205 (11)
RER1.16 (0.11)1.09 (0.08)1.16 (0.14)1.14 (0.11)1.14 (0.11)1.15 (0.08)
e(litres/min)79.8 (38.0)64.3 (24.9)86.5 (26.9)65.5 (22.7)72.4 (24.2)69.6 (20.1)
e/V˙o 2 41.0 (5.2)42.7 (7.0)4-150 36.7 (5.1)44.7 (6.9)44.8 (6.1)40.0 (5.4)
RR (fb/min)61 (15)67 (14)60 (12)66 (11)68 (13)58 (15)
o 2(l)1.99 (1.01)1.54 (0.64)4-150 2.40 (0.84)1.49 (0.66)1.63 (0.56)1.76 (0.55)
o 2/kg total body weight (ml/kg/min)39.9 (8.5)4-150 40.4 (5.7)47.6 (8.4)30.5 (6.1)** 39.5 (8.0)41.3 (9.2)
V˙o 2 /kg FFM (ml/kg/min)53.1 (9.1)4-150 52.2 (6.1)4-150 61.5 (7.9)46.4 (9.0)4-150 53.3 (10.3)57.3 (9.7)
Adjusted V˙o 2(l)1.79 (0.36)4-150 1.75 (0.25)4-150 2.09 (0.33)1.60 (0.23)4-150 1.81 (0.27)1.91 (0.28)
  • 4-150 Significantly different from controls (p<0.05);**significantly different from other malignancies and controls (p<0.05).