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CAD patients were included if they had successfully completed the supervised 6-month CR program (&gt;75% of exercise prescription) and two VO2peak assessments (respiratory exchange ratio (RER) &gt;1.0). Among all patients, there was an improvement in VO2peak from 21.1 \u00b1 6.3 mL\/kg\/min to 26.5 \u00b1 7.9 mL\/kg\/min (+26% \u0394VO2peak). Patients in the younger age category (age category 1: 30\u201339 years old) tended to have a greater percent of relative VO2peak improvement when compared to all other age categories (e.g., adults 50 years of age and older). In the regression analysis, VO2peak improvement was associated with younger age (\u03b2 = \u22120.286, p &lt; 0.0001), after adjustment for the baseline VO2peak (\u03b2 = \u22120.456, p &lt; 0.0001), final prescribed exercise speed at CR program completion (\u03b2 = 0.254, p &lt; 0.0001), body mass index (\u03b2 = \u22120.172, p &lt; 0.0001), and male sex (\u03b2 = 0.153, p &lt; 0.0001). 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