aPostgraduate Program in Cardiology, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

bSports and Exercise Training Study Group, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

cCardiovascular Aging Research Laboratory, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA

Correspondence to Rodrigo Ferrari, PhD, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Rua Ramiro Barcelos 2350, 90035-903 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Tel: +55 51 3359 6332; fax: +55 51 3359 6332; e-mail: [email protected]

Abbreviations: 1RM, one repetition maximum; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; BP, blood pressure; PRISMA, Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis; TESTEX, Tool for the assessment of Study quality and reporting in Exercise; VO2max, maximum oxygen consumption

Received 9 January, 2023

Revised 17 March, 2023

Accepted 4 April, 2023

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