Multiple Sclerosis International

Research Article

Incongruence between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Subjective Reports of Physical Activity in Multiple Sclerosis: A Focus on Sex Differences

Table 2

Self-reported physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness.


Variable	Total ()	Female ()	Male ()	Test statistic	value	Effect size (95% CI)

MVPA (minutes) (median (range))	90.0 (0.0-330.1)	90.0 (0.0-330.1)	90.0 (0.0-180.0)		.251	(-0.30 to +0.08), small
MVPA (MET-minutes) (median (range))	412.5 (0.0-1433.6)	360.0 (0.0-1433.6)	507.6 (0.0-1051.5)		.245	(-0.08 to +0.30), small
V̇O_2max (mL·kg^-1·min^-1) (mean (SD))^⁋	24.80 (7.70)	23.03 (7.04)	29.34 (7.59)		<.001	(-1.31 to -0.44), large
V̇O_2max (percentile) (median (range))	10 (4-95)	5 (4-90)	17.5 (4-95)		.026	(0.02-0.41), small

and . ^⁋84 participants (78.5%) reached their true V̇O_2max. The proportions of females ( (79.2%)) and males ( (76.7%)) who reached true V̇O_2max were not significantly different (, ). 95% CI: 95% confidence interval; MET: metabolic equivalent of task; MVPA: moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity; : peak oxygen uptake.