Validity of Reporting Oxygen Uptake Efficiency Slope from Submaximal Exercise Using Respiratory Exchange Ratio as Secondary Criterion

Table 2

OUES values generated from restricting data points by percentile, respiratory exchange ratio, and ventilatory anaerobic threshold.

Submax criterion	Mean OUES	Standard deviation
Percentile of test data
0–25%	1875	545
0–50%	2604	750
0–75%	2832	667
Respiratory exchange ratio
<0.85	2687	860
<0.90	2810	789
<0.95	2871	759
<1.0	2895	730
<1.10	2863	719
<1.20	2824	734
Up to ventilatory anaerobic threshold	2672	687
Complete test data	2814	718