. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 13.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2008 Mar 28;101(11):1614–1620. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.01.046

Table 2.

Exercise characteristics of study participants

Characteristics	Men	Women
	n = 1437	n = 1608
Exercise duration (minutes)	10.4±2.7	8.3±2.3
Resting heart rate (bpm)	71±11	77±11
Peak heart rate (bpm)	166±12	165±12
Attained target heart rate^*	80%	76%
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg
Mean, stage 2 exercise	171±25	153±23
80^th percentile stage 2 exercise	190	170
Mean recovery (3 minutes)	146±21	125±18
80^th percentile recovery (3 minutes)	162	138
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)
Mean stage 2 exercise	87±13	84±13
80^th percentile stage 2 exercise	98	92
Mean recovery (3 minutes)	70±17	67±21
80^th percentile recovery (3 minutes)	82	78
Ischemic ST-segment response to exercise	10%	10%
Exercise premature ventricular complexes (per minute)	2.2±9.5	2.0±8.3
Chronotropic incompetence	1%	1%
Abnormal heart rate recovery (3 minutes)	20%	20%

Results are expressed as mean ± SD or percentage.

Target heart rates were 85% of the age- and sex-predicted maximal heart rate.