. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Dec 15.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2007 Oct 29;100(12):1759–1766. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.07.027

TABLE 2.

Descriptive Characteristics by Group

Variable	All	Control		Low Amount/Moderate Intensity		Low Amount/Vigorous Intensity		High Amount/Vigorous Intensity
	n=171 (91 men; 80 women)	n=41 (21 men; 20 women)		n=41 (20 men; 21 women)		n=45 (24 men; 21 women)		n=44 (26 men; 18 women)
	Baseline	Baseline	Change	Baseline	Change	Baseline	Change	Baseline	Change
Age (years)
All	53 ± 7	53 ± 8		54 ± 5		53 ± 7		51 ± 6
Men	51 ± 7 ^§	50 ± 8		53 ± 6		51 ± 7		50 ± 6
Women	55 ± 5	56 ± 6		55 ± 4		56 ± 6		53 ± 5
Body mass index (kg/m²)
All	29.7 ± 2.9	30.2 ± 3.1	0.3 ± 0.9	29.9 ± 3.2	−0.1 ± 0.7	29.7 ± 3.0	−0.2 ± 0.8	29.2 ± 2.4	−0.8 ± 0.9 ^†††
Men	29.9 ± 2.8	29.8 ± 2.9	0.5 ± 0.8 ^††	30.1 ± 3.1	−0.3 ± 0.8	29.9 ± 3.3	−0.3 ± 0.8	29.9 ± 2.0	−0.8 ± 0.8 ^†††
Women	29.5 ± 3.1	30.5 ± 3.3	0.0 ± 1.0	29.7 ± 3.3	0.0 ± 0.6	29.5 ± 2.7	−0.1 ± 0.8	28.2 ± 2.6	−0.7 ± 1.0 ^††
Minimal waist circumference (cm)
All	95.3 ± 9.7	95.6 ± 9.5	0.6 ± 3.9	95.8 ± 10.5	−1.1 ± 2.8 ^†	94.5 ± 9.1	−1.1 ± 2.6 ^††	95.3 ± 9.8	−2.6 ± 3.3 ^†††
Men	101.1 ± 7.1 ^§	100.6 ± 7.5	1.7 ± 2.6 ^††	102.3 ± 8.7	−1.5 ± 2.9 ^†	100.6 ± 6.3	−1.8 ± 2.7 ^††	101.0 ± 6.2	−2.7 ± 3.0 ^†††
Women	88.7 ± 7.8	90.4 ± 8.5	−0.6 ± 4.6	89.7 ± 8.2	−0.7 ± 2.7	87.5 ± 6.4	−0.4 ± 2.4	87.0 ± 8.1	−2.4 ± 3.8 ^†
HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)
All	46.7 ± 14.0	43.8 ± 12.3	0.5 ± 4.8	48.6 ± 13.4	−0.2 ± 5.2	47.5 ± 14.9	1.1 ± 5.6	46.8 ± 15.0	3.7 ± 6.8 ^†††
Men	39.7 ± 8.4 ^§	36.7 ± 6.6	−0.4 ± 4.1	42.6 ± 7.4	−1.6 ± 4.8	39.7 ± 8.9	1.4 ± 4.8	39.9 ± 9.4	3.9 ± 4.8 ^†††
Women	54.6 ± 14.8	51.3 ± 12.6	1.5 ± 5.3	54.3 ± 15.4	1.2 ± 5.2	56.3 ± 15.6	0.7 ± 6.5	56.8 ± 16.2	3.4 ± 9.1
Triglycerides (mg/dl)
All	151.6 ± 81.6	155.8 ± 75.7	−3.7 ± 42.2	161.6 ± 96.4	−36.2 ± 75.8 ^††	139.3 ± 69.6	−6.1 ± 51.7	151.0 ± 84.6	−19.2 ± 35.4 ^†††
Men	168.9 ± 92.7 ^§	172.7 ± 84.0	−2.5 ± 44.0	180.6 ± 117.9	−49.4 ± 96.4 ^†	153.2 ± 70.2	−8.7 ± 60.4	171.5 ± 99.1	−27.4 ± 41.6 ^††
Women	131.9 ± 61.7	138.1 ± 63.0	−5.0 ± 41.2	143.5 ± 68.2	−23.7 ± 48.1 ^†	123.5 ± 67.1	−3.1 ± 40.9	121.3 ± 45.5	−7.3 ± 19.1
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)
All	130.3 ± 14.4	129.4 ± 16.2	−4.5 ± 12.2 ^†	131.8 ± 11.9	−0.4 ± 12.4	130.0 ± 15.5	−1.1 ± 13.9	130.2 ± 14.1	−4.2 ± 13.8 ^†
Men	130.6 ± 12.2	127.3 ± 14.7	−4.6 ± 9.8 ^†	132.0 ± 11.3	−0.9 ± 12.9	129.5 ± 10.4	1.1 ± 11.4	133.1 ± 12.4	−4.2 ± 11.5
Women	130.1 ± 16.6	131.6 ± 17.7	−4.4 ± 14.5	131.6 ± 12.8	0.0 ± 12.2	130.5 ± 20.1	−3.7 ± 16.2	126.1 ± 15.8	−4.3 ± 16.9
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)
All	84.1 ± 7.6	81.9 ± 6.7	0.2 ± 7.7	84.2 ± 7.8	−1.9 ± 8.5	84.5 ± 7.8	−0.6 ± 8.2	85.7 ± 7.5	−4.0 ± 8.5 ^††
Men	85.8 ± 7.2 ^§	81.0 ± 6.4	1.6 ± 7.5	86.1 ± 8.7	−1.8 ± 8.9	86.5 ± 6.5	0.1 ± 7.3	88.7 ± 5.5	−6.2 ± 9.3 ^§ ^††
Women	82.2 ± 7.5	82.7 ± 7.1	−1.2 ± 7.9	82.5 ± 6.7	−1.9 ± 8.4	82.2 ± 8.8	−1.3 ± 9.2	81.3 ± 8.0	−0.8 ± 6.1
Mean blood pressure (mmHg)
All	99.5 ± 8.6	97.7 ± 8.9	−1.4 ± 8.4	100.1 ± 8.5	−1.4 ± 8.5	99.7 ± 9.2	−0.7 ± 8.8	100.5 ± 8.9	−4.1 ± 8.8 ^††
Men	100.7 ± 7.9	96.5 ± 8.0	−0.5 ± 7.5	101.4 ± 8.9	−1.5 ± 9.1	100.8 ± 6.6	0.4 ± 7.5	103.5 ± 6.8	−5.5 ± 8.8 ^††
Women	98.1 ± 9.7	99.0 ± 9.7	−2.3 ± 9.4	98.8 ± 8.1	−1.3 ± 8.0	98.3 ± 11.5	−2.1 ± 10.2	96.2 ± 9.8	−2.0 ± 8.7
Fasting glucose (mg/dl)
All	93.5 ± 9.6	92.3 ± 8.8	2.1 ± 7.8	94.6 ± 9.8	−1.3 ± 8.0	94.3 ± 9.6	0.9 ± 7.7	92.9 ± 10.2	−0.7 ± 8.6
Men	94.9 ± 8.9 ^§	92.6 ± 7.5	3.0 ± 8.3	96.8 ± 9.5	−1.7 ± 9.3	95.2 ± 8.7	1.0 ± 6.8	95.0 ± 9.6	−0.5 ± 8.6
Women	92.0 ± 10.1	92.1 ± 10.1	1.1 ± 7.2	92.4 ± 9.8	−1.0 ± 6.8	93.2 ± 10.6	0.8 ± 8.8	89.9 ± 10.5	−0.9 ± 8.8

Data expressed as mean ± SD

^†

p ≤ 0.05

^††

p < 0.01

^†††

p < 0.001 indicates significant change score within a group

^§

p ≤ 0.05 indicates significant gender difference