. 2016 May 4;16:377. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3035-8

Table 4.

Associations between blood parameters and exercise. Unstratified and stratified on gender

			Female (n = 43)				Male (n = 78)				All (n = 121)
Outcome	Covariate	Category	β	95 % CI		p	β	95 % CI		p	β	95 % CI		P
Diastolic BP^c	Exercise^a	2–3 times/week	−1.20	−5.90	3.51	0.61	0.26	−3.24	3.76	0.88	−0.32	−3.09	2.45	0.82
(mmHg)		≥4 times/week	−0.64	−7.47	6.18	0.85	−6.24	−10.89	−1.59	0.0093	−4.35	−8.14	−0.57	0.024
	Age^b		2.55	0.72	4.38	0.0077	2.45	1.12	3.79	0.00046	2.57	1.51	3.62	p < 0.0001
	Gender	Female	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	−5.83	−8.58	−3.08	p < 0.0001
	Education	College/University	−0.59	−7.26	6.09	0.86	−0.91	−4.08	2.26	0.57	−0.68	−3.51	2.15	0.63
RHR^d	Exercise^a	2–3 times/week	−5.50	−12.23	1.22	0.11	−3.72	−8.25	0.81	0.11	−4.25	−7.99	−0.51	0.026
(bpm)		≥4 times/week	−1.74	−11.51	8.02	0.72	−7.75	−13.76	−1.74	0.012	−5.31	−10.41	−0.20	0.042
	Age^b		−1.05	−3.66	1.57	0.42	−1.94	−3.67	−0.22	0.028	−1.71	−3.13	−0.29	0.018
	Gender	Female	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3.55	−0.1	7.27	0.061
	Education	College/University	2.95	−6.60	12.50	0.54	−4.62	−8.72	−0.52	0.028	−3.00	−6.82	0.82	0.12
VO_2max ^e	Exercise^a	2–3 times/week	4.68	−2.68	12.04	0.2	3.90	−1.27	9.07	0.13	4.67	0.50	8.83	0.029
(mL ∙ kg⁻¹∙ min⁻¹)		> = 4 times/week	−2.98	−13.79	7.84	0.57	7.19	0.64	13.74	0.033	3.77	−1.81	9.34	0.18
	Age^b		−2.48	−5.54	0.57	0.1	−1.43	−3.38	0.52	0.14	−2.02	−3.64	−0.41	0.015
	Gender	Female	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	−6.49	−10.56	−2.42	0.0024
	Education	College/University	1.73	−9.62	13.08	0.75	4.29	−0.54	9.13	0.079	3.43	−1.07	7.93	0.13

^aReference value is exercise ≤1 times per week. ^bAge divided by 10. ^cDiastolic BP had female n = 43, female obs = 78, male n = 78, male obs = 141. ^dRHR had female n = 43, female obs = 78, male n = 78, male obs = 141. ^eVO_2max had female n = 20, female obs = 55, male n = 32, male obs = 55

BP = blood pressure; RHR = resting heart rate; VO _2max = maximal oxygen uptake