Table 2.
Cardiovascular health during physical activity intervention program in hypertensive subjects
| Baseline | p | End | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control group (n = 55) | Intervention group (n = 152) | Control group (n = 55) | Intervention group (n = 152) | |||
| CVD risk (score)a | 5.5 (4.0) | 4.8 (3.4) | 0.216 | 6.1 (4.3) | 4.6 (3.2) | 0.032 |
| Weight (Kg)a | 79.7 (14.7) | 76.1 (14.0) | 0.117 | 79.3 (15.1) | 75.0 (14.4) | 0.059 |
| BMI (Kg/m2)a | 31.6 (4.4) | 30.5 (4.3) | 0.128 | 31.4 (4.6) | 30.0 (4.4) | 0.062 |
| Smoking (%) | 3.6 | 5.9 | 0.731 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 0.556 |
| Systolic BP (mmHg)a | 135.4 (15.0) | 134.5 (16.1) | 0.690 | 139.3 (20.1) | 131.8 (13.7) | 0.002 |
| Diastolic BP (mmHg)a | 75.9 (10.0) | 76.7 (9.8) | 0.554 | 74.9 (12.0) | 74.8 (8.3) | 0.953 |
| Controlled BP (%) | 39.6 | 42.8 | 0.751 | 32.4 | 51.3 | 0.015 |
| Change in control of BP • From uncontrolled to controlled (%) |
12.3 | 20.4 | 0.042 | |||
| • From controlled to uncontrolled (%) | 23.1 | 13.6 | ||||
CVD cardiovascular disease, BMI Body mass index. BP blood pressure
Change in control of BP (end-baseline)
aValues expressed as mean and standard deviation (SD)