Table 2.

Within group adjusted blood pressure change from baseline after exercise and non-exercise control over 9 hr among the men without and with the metabolic syndrome {Mean ± SEM (95% Confidence Interval)}*

	SBP Change (mmHg)			DBP Change (mmHg)
	Non-Exercise Control	LIGHT	MODERATE	Non-Exercise Control	LIGHT	MODERATE
Without Baseline (n = 28)	122.6 ± 3.3			86.4 ± 2.3
Post-Pre Experiment Change	12.4 ± 1.7 (9.0,15.8)	6.0 ± 1.7‡§ (2.6,9.4)	6.4 ± 1.6‡ (3.0,9.7)	0.3 ± 1.2 (-2.1,2.7)	-2.8 ± 1.0† (-5.0,-0.7)	-2.1 ± 1.0** (-4.0,-0.2)
With Baseline (n = 28)	126.7 ± 2.6			85.7 ± 1.6
Post-Pre Experiment Change	9.8 ± 2.1 (5.5,14.1)	10.9 ± 2.1 (6.6,15.2)	6.9 ± 2.1 (2.7,11.2)	-3.7 ± 1.5 (-6.8,-0.6)	-1.9 ± 1.4 (-4.6,0.9)	-3.5 ± 1.2(-6.0,-1.0)

* Baseline = Adjusted blood pressure (Mean ± SEM) of the pre-experiment 20 min period of seated rest for non-exercise control, LIGHT and MODERATE. Baseline BP did not differ among experiments so that average baseline BP for the three experiments is presented in Table 2; Post-Pre Experiment Change = Hourly blood pressure change after the experiment minus baseline blood pressure averaged over 9 hr.

**p < 0.05, †p < 0.01, ‡p < 0.001 exercise vs non-exercise control; §p < 0.05 exercise vs non-exercise control with vs without the metabolic syndrome.

LIGHT, 40% VO₂peak; MODERATE, 60% VO₂peak.