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Table 3 Mean values over a nine-minute period of external chest compression variables for male participants, differentiated for males with higher (n = 15) and lower (n = 15) BMI and HR75 values, respectively.

From: Impact of physical fitness and biometric data on the quality of external chest compression: a randomised, crossover trial

Parameter

15:2

lower BMI

15:2

higher BMI

15:2

lower HR75

15:2

higher HR75

30:2

lower BMI

30:2

higher BMI

30:2

lower HR75

30:2

higher HR75

Compression rate (n/min)

111 (100/123)

103 (92/113)

105 (94/116)

109 (98/120)

111 (100/122)

100 (92/109)*

101 (91/111)

111 (101/120)

Compression depth (mm)

37.9 (33/42)

42 (38/46)

43.1 (39/47)

37.3 (33/42)**

36.9 (31/42)

41.5 (35/47)

43.4 (38/48)

35.1 (30/41)**

Correct depth (%)

26.6 (10/43)

44 (24/65)

55.7 (37/74)

15.4 (4/27)***

39.0 (15/63)

36.1 (14/58)

50.8 (28/74)

24.4 (3/45)*

Too shallow (%)

61.6 (40/83)

34.7 (13/57)

25.3 (7/43)

71.0 (51/91)***

52.5 (25/80)

39.6 (14/65)

26.2 (4/49)

65.8 (40/91)**

Too deep (%)

11.7 (-5/28)

27 (5/49)

25.2 (5/46)

13.6 (-5/33)

8.4 (-4/20)

24.3 (3/45)

23.0 (3/43)

9.8 (-5/24)

Decompression depth (mm)

2.0 (1.3/2.7)

3.0 (1.7/4.3)

2.9 (1.9/3.9)

2.1 (1.0/3.2)

2.2 (1.4/3)

2.7 (1.8/3.6)

2.9 (2.0/3.7)

2.0 (1.2/2.7)

  1. Data are presented as means (± 95% confidence interval). P-values refer to the comparison between lower vs. higher Body Mass Index (BMI) and lower vs. higher heart rate at 75 watts of rowing (HR75). *: p < 0.1; **: p < 0.05; ***: p < 0.001. For the definition of lower and higher HR75 and BMI please refer to the main text.