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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2010 Sep–Oct;30(5):289–298. doi: 10.1097/HCR.0b013e3181d6f9a8

TABLE 2.

BODY COMPOSITION AND RISK FACTOR RESPONSES BY GROUPa

High Caloric Expenditure Standard Cardiac Rehabilitation Combined Groups
Baseline 5-Months P value Within Group Baseline 5-Months P value within group P value Between Group Baseline 5-Months P- value Within Group
Body weight, kg 94 ±16 85 ±15 <.001 95 ± 14 92±14 <.001 <.001 95 ± 15 89 ± 15 <.001
Body mass index, kg/m2 32 ± 4 29 ± 4 <.001 32 ± 5 31 ± 5 <.001 <.001 32 ± 4 30 ± 4 <.001
Fat mass, kg 33 ± 8 28 ± 8 <.001 34 ± 4 31 ± 8 .003 <.001 34 ± 8 29 ± 8 <.001
Waist circumference, cm 110 ± 10 103 ± 10 <.001 111 ± 11 106 ± 10 <.001 .018 110 ± 10 105 ± 10 <.001
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg 133 ± 18 125 ± 23 <.007 134 ± 19 124 ± 19 .0003 .73 133 ± 18 125 ± 21 .0001
Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg 74 ± 11 67 ± 8 <.001 75 ± 8 71 ± 10 .051 .12 74 ± 9 69 ± 9 .0001
Total cholesterol, mg/dL 162 ± 36 155 ± 33 .059 148 ± 27 149 ± 30 .72 .11 155 ± 33 153 ± 32 .299
Triglycerides, mg/dL 149 ± 80 118 ± 67 .001 114 ± 28 116 ± 76 .11 .07 132 ± 80 114 ± 62 .007
High density lipoprotein(HDL) cholesterol, mg/dL 39 ± 9 42 ± 9 .001 42 ± 12 44 ± 12 .11 .24 41 ± 10 44 ± 11 .001
Low density lipoprotein(HDL) cholesterol, mg/dL 94 ± 27 89 ± 24 .08 84 ± 20 84 ± 21 .86 .26 89 ± 24 87 ± 23 .183
Total cholesterol/HDL ratio 4.3 ± 1.2 3.8 ± 1.0 <.001 3.6 ± 0.9 3.5 ± 1.0 .34 .01 4.0 ±1.1 3.6 ± 1.0 .001
High sensitivity C-reactive protein, ng ml−1 3.3 ± 4.1 3.1 ± 4.7 .14 3.2 ± 3.0 2.8 ± 2.3 .11 .43 3.2 ± 3.6 2.7 ± 3.1 .04
Insulin, μIU ml−1 19 ± 7 13 ± 5 <.001 19 ± 8 16 ± 6 <.001 .17 19 ± 7 14 ± 6 .001
Glucose disposal, mg·FFM−1·minute−1 6.9 ±3.1 8.7 ± 3.5 .0001 7.2 ± 2.3 8.2 ± 2.4 .001 .008 7.1 ± 2.7 8.5 ± 3.2 .0001
Plasminogen activator inhibitor, ng ml−1 24 ± 11 19 ± 21 .05 20 ± 8 19 ± 11 .49 .37 22 ± 9 19 ± 16 .06
Peak oxygen uptake, mLO2·kg−1·minute−1 22 ± 6 24 ± 8 .004 22 ± 5 24 ± 6 .01 .85 22 ± 5 24 ± 7 .0002
a

Adapted from reference 17

Results presented as mean ± SD

P= .05,

P<.005. Baseline comparison between groups, otherwise P=NS

For conversion to international units (mmol/L):

1) Multiply total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, and HDL-cholesterol by 0.02586

2) Multiply triglycerides by 0.01129

3) Multiply glucose by 0.05555