Table 1.
General characteristics of participants at baseline. Data are means (±SD).
| Exercise Group (EX) n = 23 |
Control (C) n = 17 |
|
|---|---|---|
| Age (yr) | 69.2 (5.2) | 70.1 (6.6) |
| Weight (kg) | 54.7 (9.6) | 53.6 (7.9) |
| Height (m) | 1.58 (.08) | 1.55 (.05) |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 21.7 (.5) | 22.7 (3.4) |
| SBPrest (mmHg) | 131 (18) | 139 (15) |
| DBPrest (mmHg) | 78 (9) | 84 (9) |
| HRrest (bpm) | 77 (10) | 82 (12) |
| Self assessed health condition (%) | ||
| Good | 61 | 59 |
| Average | 35 | 35 |
| Poor | 4 | 6 |
| Take medications (%) | 44 | 53 |
| Education* (%) | ||
| Completed secondary education | 91 | 82 |
| Completed higher education | 9 | 18 |
*Secondary education includes junior high school education which is generally completed at the age of 15, and/or high school education which is generally completed at the age of 18. Higher education includes college or university level education of at least four years after secondary education.