Fig 1.
A snapshot of Su Palu cave, Gulf of Orosei, central-east Sardinia, Italy.
Fig 2.
Cavers wearing armbands after a sump passage in the Su Palu cave (see main text for more details).
Fig 3.
Individual bioelectrical vectors (specific BIVA).
Individual bioelectrical vectors projected on the Italo-Spanish reference [33]. Men on the left, women on the right.
Table 1.
Anthropometric measurements, physiological variables, and dietary intake.
Fig 4.
Time course of total energy expenditure (TEE, kcal/h) during cave activity, for women and men.
Dotted lines show confidence interval.
Fig 5.
Mean bioelectrical vectors (classic BIVA).
Mean bioelectrical values projected on the Italian reference [32]. Men on the left, women on the right.
Table 2.
Bioelectrical values before (pre) and after (post) partial day cave activity.
Fig 6.
Bayesan linear regression estimate of the effect of predictive variables on total energy expenditure.
Mean effects (bullets) along with 95% posterior credible intervals. Significant effects are in red. GEN (M), gender (men); BMI (OW), BMI class (overweight); PAL, Physical Activity Level; Day cave P, Day cave, partial; GEN (M)–DC, gender (men)—Day cave; GEN (M)–DCP, gender (men)—Day cave, partial; GEN (M)–INT, gender (men)–intake.
Table 3.
Posterior distribution of effects along with posterior credible intervals.