Table 1.
Characteristics of maximal exercise test participants
| Male, n=6462 |
Female, n=3628 |
P value | |
| Age (years) | 46.0 (7.09) | 46.1 (6.87) | 0.620 |
| V̇O2peak | |||
| Relative (mL/kg/min/) | 35.4 (7.68) | 28.9 (6.66) | <0.001 |
| Absolute (L/min) | 3.00 (0.60) | 1.96 (0.43) | <0.001 |
| Weight (kg) | 85.9 (13.2) | 69.1 (13.5) | <0.001 |
| Height (cm) | 181 (7.14) | 168 (6.87) | <0.001 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 26.2 (3.63) | 24.6 (4.67) | <0.001 |
| Body fat (calliper) (%) | 23.1 (6.27) | 30.8 (7.50) | <0.001 |
| Blood pressure | |||
| Systolic (mm Hg) | 128 (15.4) | 120 (16.6) | <0.001 |
| Diastolic (mm Hg) | 83.1 (8.95) | 78.3 (9.28) | <0.001 |
| Blood glucose (mg/dL) | 97.1 (14.5) | 92.2 (14.5) | <0.001 |
| HbA1c (%) | 5.42 (1.43) | 5.41 (1.52) | 0.756 |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 216 (39.1) | 211 (38.4) | <0.001 |
| HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | 54.1 (12.4) | 67.6 (15.1) | <0.001 |
| LDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | 136 (35.9) | 124 (41.6) | <0.001 |
| Triglycerides (mg/dL) | 135 (88.1) | 100 (63.7) | <0.001 |
| No (%) of smoker | 867 (13.5) | 522 (14.5) | 0.182 |
| No (%) of former smoker | 1634 (29.6) | 910 (29.7) | 0.928 |
Values are mean (SD) unless stated otherwise. P values were calculated using Student’s t-test for two independent samples or χ2 test as appropriate.
BMI, body mass index; HbA1c, glycated haemoglobin; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; V̇O2peak, peak oxygen uptake.