Impact of unhealthy lifestyle on cardiorespiratory fitness and heart rate recovery of medical science students

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  Fig. 1. The impacts of the levels of physical activity, self-assessed fitness and BMI on VO2max distribution. a Differences in VO2max distribution between participants who had ≥3 h/week physical activity versus those who did not, *P < 0.0001. b. Difference in VO2max distribution between participants who self-precepted themselves to be physically fit versus those who felt not fit, *P = 0.001. c Differences in VO2max distribution between normal weight versus overweight participants. *P = 0.012

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  Fig. 2. Heart rate recovery post exercise and significances. a HR measured every min for 3 min post-exercise. Values in the bar represent mean HR and (SD). bpm: beat per minute. b The correlation between 3-min HRR and VO2max. r = 0.673, P < 0.0001. c Impact of the levels of exercise on the values of 3-min HRR, *P = 0.005. d Impact of self-assessed fitness on the values of 3-min HRR. *P = 0.01

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  Fig. 3. Impacts of gender and BMI on systolic blood pressure (SBP) at rest (left panels) and after exercise (right panels). a Differences in SBP between males and females. *P < 0.0001. b Differences in SBP between normal weight and overweight. *P < 0.01