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. 2011 Jul 18;1(1):e000133. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000133

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the participants

Total *1/*1 *1/*2 *2/*2 p Value
No 117 47 48 22
Male (%) 72.7 72.3 70.8 77.3 0.85
Age (years) 26.6±4.3 25.8±4.0 26.8±4.3 28.0±4.8 0.11
Height (cm) 167.5±8.4 168.0±8.5 168.1±8.1 165.0±8.9 0.41
Weight (kg) 59.6±9.3 59.9±8.5 59.9±10.4 57.7±8.4 0.62
Body mass index 21.2±2.3 21.3±2.1 21.1±2.7 21.1±1.9 0.91
Pulse rate (beats/min) 65.8±10.9 64.5±10.4 64.9±10.1 65.9±11.7 0.99
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) 119.5±11.8 118.4±13.5 117.0±12.5 118.3±10.9 0.60
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) 67.1±8.4 66.7±8.7 65.9±8.1 64.3±6.8 0.42

Demographic and physiological parameters of the participants were evaluated by χ2 test for sex and by one-way ANOVA for body mass index, pulse rate, systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure. Results are expressed as mean±SD.