All N = 151 | Women N = 50 | Men N = 101 | P value (sex differences) | |
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Attendance and Compliance | ||||
Classes Attendeda | 16 ± 5 | 15 ± 6 | 16 ± 5 | 0.106 |
Attended ≥70% of classesa | 103 (73) | 34 (69) | 69 (75) | 0.474 |
Dropoutsa | 17 (11) | 10 (20) | 7 (7) | 0.034*b |
Compliance to HI HRa | 0.931 | |||
Does not comply | 28 (20) | 10 (19) | 18 (20) | |
Complies | 76 (53) | 25 (52) | 51 (54) | |
Exceeds | 36 (27) | 13 (29) | 23 (26) | |
Compliance to HI RPEa | 0.287 | |||
Does not comply | 88 (58) | 23 (58) | 65 (66) | |
Complies | 43 (29) | 16 (40) | 27 (28) | |
Exceeds | – | – | – | |
Compliance to LO HRa | 0.825 | |||
Does not comply | 24 (16) | 9 (17) | 15 (16) | |
Complies | 58 (42) | 21 (42) | 37 (41) | |
Exceeds | 57 (42) | 18 (40) | 39 (43) | |
Compliance to LO RPEa | 0.571 | |||
Does not comply | 83 (61) | 25 (66) | 58 (59) | |
Complies | 43 (32) | 12 (30) | 31 (32) | |
Exceeds | 3 (2) | – | 3 (2) | |
Patient Experience | ||||
RPE HIa | 14 ± 2 | 14 ± 2 | 14 ± 1 | 0.729 |
RPE LOa | 10 ± 2 | 10 ± 2 | 10 ± 2 | 0.330 |
Difficulty of Class (0–10)a | 7 ± 2 | 7 ± 1 | 7 ± 2 | 0.547 |
Challenging (Y/N)a | 60 (100) | 19 (100) | 41 (100) | – |
Satisfied with HIIT (Y/N)a | 64 (100) | 16 (100) | 48 (100) | – |
Safe (Y/N)a | 62 (97) | 14 (88) | 48 (100) | 0.060c |
Exercise Prescriptiona | ||||
GXT | 129 (89) | – | – | – |
Gellish Equation | 11 (8) | – | – | – |
Sensitivity analysis – HI HR | 0.074 | |||
Sensitivity analysis – LO HR | 0.910 |