Table 1.
Baseline participant characteristics.
| Exercise (n =14) | Control (n =14) | T-test statistic | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 62 ± 12 | 61 ± 10 | t(26) = 0.24, p = 0.81 | ||
| Height (m) | 169.7 ± 7.3 | 169.8 ± 8.9 | t(26) = −0.02, p = 0.99 | ||
| Body mass (kg) | 74.5 ± 17.3 | 80.8 ± 18.3 | t(26) = −0.93, p = 0.36 | ||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25.7 ± 4.9 | 27.8 ± 5.0 | t(26) = −1.13, p = 0.27 | ||
| Physical activity level (minutes/week) | |||||
| Sedentary | 700.4 ± 132.1 | 736.4 ± 87.4 | t(26) = −0.85, p = 0.40 | ||
| Light | 176.5 ± 61.6 | 195.4 ± 107.9 | t(26) = −0.57, p = 0.58 | ||
| Moderate | 130.6 ± 59 | 112.1 ± 50 | t(26) = 0.90, p = 0.38 | ||
| Vigorous | 3.1 ± 5.2 | 0.5 ± 1.2 | t(26) = 1.86, p = 0.08 | ||
| MVPA | 133.7 ± 62 | 112.6 ± 50 | t(26) = 0.99, p = 0.33 | ||
| N | Percentage | N | Percentage | ||
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 6 | 43 | 7 | 50 | |
| Female | 8 | 57 | 7 | 50 | |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| White | 14 | 100 | 14 | 100 | |
| Employment status | |||||
| Employed | 9 | 64 | 6 | 43 | |
| Retired | 4 | 29 | 8 | 57 | |
| Homemaker | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Smoking status | |||||
| Never-smoker | 12 | 86 | 10 | 71 | |
| Smoker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| Ex-smoker | 2 | 14 | 3 | 22 | |
| BMI category | |||||
| Healthy (<25 kg/m2) | 6 | 43 | 4 | 28 | |
| Overweight (25–29.9 kg/m2) | 6 | 43 | 5 | 36 | |
| Obese (>30 kg/m2) | 2 | 14 | 5 | 36 | |
Independent T-tests report no difference between the exercise and control groups for baseline participant characteristics. Data are mean ± SD. MVPA, moderate + vigorous device measured physical activity level.