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Published in final edited form as: J Sci Med Sport. 2014 Sep 22;18(6):632–636. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2014.09.009

Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics of the sample. Values are Mean±SD.

	No Resist Ex (N=4596)	Resist Ex < 60 min/week (N=599)	Resist Ex ≥ 60 min/week (N=2126)	Total Sample (N=7321)
Age (yrs) ^*	46.1 ± 10.3	44.5 ± 9.8	44.3 ± 10.1	45.5 ± 10.2
Height (cm)	164.5 ± 6.3	164.8 ± 6.0	164.9 ± 6.2	164.7 ± 6.2
Weight (kg) ^*	66.1 ± 12.9	62.3 ± 10.7	62.3 ± 10.4	64.7 ± 12.2
BMI (kg/m²) ^*	24.4 ± 4.6	22.9 ± 3.7	22.9 ± 3.5	23.8 ± 4.3
Percent body fat (%) ^*	28.0 ± 6.6	24.7 ± 6.5	24.3 ± 6.7	26.6 ± 6.9
Mean arterial pressure (mmHg) ^*	89.5 ± 10.6	88.1 ± 9.6	88.2 ± 10.0	89.0 ± 10.4
Triglycerides (mg/dL) ^*	101.8 ± 66.6	92.3 ± 80.7	89.4 ± 50.0	97.4 ± 63.9
Fasting glucose (mg/dL) ^*	94.0 ± 14.9	92.3 ± 12.2	91.8 ± 10.6	93.22 ± 13.6
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) ^*	202.4 ± 39.0	194.6 ± 35.8	192.7 ± 35.0	199.0 ± 37.9
Aerobic capacity (METs) ^*	9.33 ± 1.93	10.76 ± 2.05	10.89 ± 2.08	9.90 ± 2.12

sig. difference between no resistance exercise and both resistance exercise groups (p≤0.01)