Participants underwent a maximal graded exercise treadmill test in which workloads were increased at a rate of one metabolic equivalent per minute [38]. Expired air was collected by mouthpiece for quantification of minute ventilation, oxygen consumption, and carbon dioxide production with the Parvo Medics TrueOne measurement system (model 2400; Parvo Medics, Sandy, Utah).
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