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Table 1 Resting cardiovascular and metabolic responses to acute physiological stressors

From: The impact of submaximal exercise during heat and/or hypoxia on the cardiovascular and monocyte HSP72 responses to subsequent (post 24 h) exercise in hypoxia

  Baseline 15 min 30 min   15 min 30 min
Heart rate (beats · min-1)     VO2 (L · min-1 STPD)   
 Normoxia 69 ± 10 65 ± 10 64 ± 10  Normoxia 0.32 ± 0.08 0.30 ± 0.07
 Heat 71 ± 14 73 ± 12* 75 ± 13*  Heat 0.31 ± 0.07 0.32 ± 0.10
 Hypoxia 63 ± 9 69 ± 7 74 ± 8  Hypoxia 0.33 ± 0.06 0.35 ± 0.07
 Combined 68 ± 9 80 ± 12* 82 ± 10*  Combined 0.34 ± 0.07 0.33 ± 0.08
SpO2 (%)     Cardiac output (L · min-1 STPD)   
 Normoxia 98 ± 1 97 ± 1 97 ± 2  Normoxia 5.6 ± 1.3 5.4 ± 0.8
 Heat 98 ± 1 97 ± 1 97 ± 1  Heat 5.6 ± 1.0 5.9 ± 1.6
 Hypoxia 98 ± 1 90 ± 2* 89 ± 3*  Hypoxia 5.4 ± 1.1 5.7 ± 1.0
 Combined 97 ± 1 91 ± 2* 89 ± 3*  Combined 5.5 ± 1.3 5.7 ± 1.6
V E (L · min-1 BTPS)     Stroke volume (mL · beat-1)   
 Normoxia - 13.8 ± 4.4 13.3 ± 2.8  Normoxia 87 ± 18 86 ± 13
 Heat - 13.8 ± 3.7 14.4 ± 4.7  Heat 78 ± 12 79 ± 24
 Hypoxia - 15.0 ± 4.3* 14.5 ± 3.6  Hypoxia 80 ± 18 78 ± 19
 Combined - 13.7 ± 2.9 13.1 ± 2.8  Combined 70 ± 15 68 ± 16
V E (L · min-1 STPD)     a v ¯ O 2 difference (mL · L-1)   
 Normoxia - 11.3 ± 3.6 10.8 ± 2.2  Normoxia 6.8 ± 0.5 6.8 ± 0.2
 Heat - 11.3 ± 3.0 11.7 ± 3.8  Heat 6.9 ± 0.2 6.9 ± 0.3
 Hypoxia - 12.7 ± 4.8 12.7 ± 3.9  Hypoxia 6.8 ± 0.3 6.9 ± 0.4
 Combined - 11.5 ± 2.7 11.0 ± 2.7  Combined 6.8 ± 0.2 6.9 ± 0.3
VO2 (L · min-1 STPD)     RER   
 Normoxia - 0.39 ± 0.11 0.37 ± 0.06  Normoxia 0.83 ± 0.07 0.82 ± 0.15
 Heat - 0.39 ± 0.07 0.41 ± 0.12  Heat 0.79 ± 0.10 0.79 ± 0.10
 Hypoxia - 0.37 ± 0.08 0.39 ± 0.08  Hypoxia 0.90 ± 0.09* 0.88 ± 0.07*
 Combined - 0.38 ± 0.10 0.39 ± 0.13  Combined 0.89 ± 0.08 0.85 ± 0.09
  1. *p < 0.05 compared to the corresponding time point in the normoxic condition.