TABLE 1.
Characteristics of participants: Mean (SD) age, height and body mass index, waist-hip ratio, blood pressure, fasted blood glucose and exercise volume.
| Parameters | All subjects | Activity groups | Exercise volumes (min/week) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSE | AE | TCE | SE | Min | Low | Mod | High | ||
| Sample size | 244 | 66 | 59 | 59 | 60 | 60 | 67 | 59 | 58 |
| Age (years) | 64.6 (5.2) | 64.4 (6.3) | 63.9 (4.5) | 64.7 (4.4) | 65.6 (5.1) | 65.6 (5.1) | 63.9 (5.2) | 64.7 (5.3) | 64.4 (5.1) |
| Height (cm) | 160.61 (8.13) | 161.43 (8.66) | 161.26 (7.35) | 160.20 (8.23) | 159.5 (8.20) | 159.46 (8.20) | 161.59 (7.58) | 160.17 (7.04) | 161.10 (9.61) |
| Body mass index | 22.4 (3.1) | 22.6 (2.7) | 21.9 (3.0) | 22.1 (3.5) | 23.2 (2.9) | 21.2 (2.9) | 22.0 (3.1) | 22.2 (2.8) | 22.4 (3.3) |
| Waist-Hip ratio | 0.8 (0.1) | 0.9 (0.1) | 0.8 (0.1) | 0.9 (0.1) | 0.8 (0.1) | 0.8 (0.1) | 0.8 (0.1) | 0.8 (0.1) | 0.9 (0.1) |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 125 (13) | 127 (12) | 122 (12) | 125 (16) | 124 (13) | 124 (13) | 125 (12) | 124 (15) | 127 (14) |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 73 (7) | 73 (7) | 73 (8) | 74 (8) | 73 (7) | 73 (7) | 74 (7) | 73 (8) | 73 (7) |
| Fasted blood glucose (mmol/L) | 5.2 (0.5) | 5.3 (0.6) | 5.1 (0.3) | 5.1 (0.4) | 5.1 (0.4) | 5.1 (0.4) | 5.2 (0.5) | 5.1 (0.5) | 5.2 (0.5) |
| Exercise volume (min/week) | 155.34 (143.41) | 181.67 (112.47) | 213.93 (148.57) | 225.25 (125.30) | NRPA | NRPA | 96.60 (24.08) | 181.44 (25.73) | 357.33 (121.06) |
The main and interaction effects of Group and Exercise volume were not significant in these parameters. “Min” = minimum volume, “Mod” = moderate volume, NRPA, no regular physical activity.