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Table 2. Descriptive results peak heart rate and levelsHR peakHR peakHR peakHR peakHR peakLevelLevelGXT1GXT2GXTSMBTcalculatedGXT1GXT2(n=26)(n=26)(n=20)(n=20)(n=26)(n=26)(n=26)Mean(beats/m<strong>in</strong>)(SD)154(16)155(17)156(19)157(16)171(7)13.54(3.9)13.77(3.7)Range(beats/m<strong>in</strong>)118-181 117-186 118-181 118-178 159-184 6-22 4-22HR: heart rate (beats/m<strong>in</strong>); GXT1: 1 st GXT; GXT2: 2 nd GXT; GXT: test correspond<strong>in</strong>g to the SMBT; SMBT:supra-maximal block test; SD: standard deviation (beats/m<strong>in</strong>)Test-retest reliabilityTable 2 represents the descriptive statistics of the HR peakand the atta<strong>in</strong>ed levels of GXT1, GXT2and SMBT. The HR peakdata <strong>in</strong> GXT1 and GXT2 were normally distributed.Pearson’s correlation between the HR peakGXT1 and the difference <strong>in</strong> HR peakbetween GXT1 andGXT2 was low (r =0.11), which is <strong>in</strong>dicative of the homoscedasticity of the results.The ICC (ICC=0.95; 95%CI 0.88-0.98) for the HR peakof the GXT1 and GXT2 was very good(Table 3). The t-test showed no significant difference between the measurements (p=0.5) (Table 3).difference HRpeak GXT1 and HRpeak GXT220100-10-20120 140 160 180mean HRpeak GXT1 and HRpeak GXT2 (beats/m<strong>in</strong>)Figure 1. Bland- Altman plot of HR peakGXT1 and HR peakGXT2 <strong>in</strong> beats/m<strong>in</strong>; n=26; LOA -16 to 14 (19.4% of mean);mean difference -1; Standard Deviation of the difference 8 beats/m<strong>in</strong>Chapter 5 | 77

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