. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jul 21.

Published in final edited form as: J Mens Health Gend. 2006;3(1):61–70. doi: 10.1016/j.jmhg.2005.09.003

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of subjects

Variable	Exercise			Control

	N	X̄ ± SD	Range	N	X̄ ± SD	Range
Age (years)	70	38.7 ± 11.2	20–63	47	40.4 ± 11.3	21–63
Height (cm)	25	177.6 ± 3.2	173–185	16	177.0 ± 2.6	172–182
Body weight (kg)	57	80.1 ± 8.2	63–100	39	80.0 ± 6.3	70–95
BMI (kg/m²)	42	26.1 ± 2.3	23–32	29	25.9 ± 2.4	22–31
Body fat (%)	35	22.4 ± 5.6	12–32	22	23.3 ± 5.4	13–31
VO_2max (ml·kg⁻¹·min⁻¹)	50	39.5 ± 8.9	21–58	30	39.4 ± 8.3	26–58
TC (mg/dl)	67	209.7 ± 28.2	144–273	48	209.6 ± 31	144–299
Age < 40 years	40	195.5 ± 24.3	144–251	26	192.9 ± 24.8	144–233
Age ≥ 40 years	27	230.8 ± 18.8	198–273	22	229.3 ± 26.0	196–299
HDL-C (mg/dl)	57	45.4 ± 6.9	31–60	40	44.6 ± 6.4	31–59
Age < 40 years	31	46.4 ± 5.5	33–60	21	44.3 ± 6.8	31–59
Age ≥ 40 years	26	44.2 ± 5.9	31–54	19	44.9 ± 6.1	31–54
LDL-C (mg/dl)	39	141.4 ± 24.4	85–197	27	142.2 ± 21.4	96–186
Age < 40 years	19	126.3 ± 23.2	85–171	12	128.1 ± 18.4	96–155
Age ≥ 40 years	20	155.7 ± 15.2	135–197	15	153.4 ± 16.6	128–186
TG (mg/dl)	52	136.4 ± 50.0	77–373	34	134.8 ± 65.2	73–472
Age < 40 years	29	130.5 ± 46.1	77–239	17	121.3 ± 28.0	96–155
Age ≥ 40 years	23	143.8 ± 54.6	88–373	17	148.3 ± 87.1	73–472

N, total number of groups reporting data for that variable; X̄ ± SD, mean ± standard deviation; Range represents the means for each group from each study; BMI, body mass index; VO_2max, maximum oxygen consumption; TC, total cholesterol; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG, triglycerides.