Table 4.

Effect of healthy walks on arterial stiffness, blood pressure and glycaemic, by age

	≤ 64 years (N = 47)				≥ 65 years (N = 42)
	Pre	Post	Difference (95% CI)	p-value	Pre	Post	Difference (95% CI)	p-value
CAVI	8.5 ± 1.1	8.3 ± 1.0	− 0.2 (− 0.4; 0.1)	0.182	8.6 ± 1.3	8.3 ± 1.5	− 0.3 (− 0.6; − 0.0)	0.033
baPWV	15.7 ± 2.8	15.5 ± 2.4	−0.2 (− 0.7; 0.3)	0.495	15.7 ± 2.9	15.6 ± 2.9	−0.04 (− 0.6; 0.5)	0.881
Heart rate	73.1 ± 11.2	84.3 ± 12.6	8.4 (5.5; 11.3)	< 0.001	71.6 ± 12.4	82.5 ± 14.2	9.9 (7.2; 12.6)	< 0.001
Brachial SBP	134.9 ± 12.4	133.1 ± 11.8	- 1.7 (− 4.2; 0.7)	0.165	137.7 ± 14.0	137.0 ± 14.7	− 0.8 (− 3.7; 2.1)	0.583
Brachial DBP	84.0 ± 8.3	83.8 ± 8.2	− 0.2 (− 1.9; 1.6)	0.849	82.2 ± 8.5	81.8 ± 8.7	−0.4 (− 2.1; 1.4)	0.678
Ankle SBP	154.9 ± 16.1	150.7 ± 16.6	− 4.2 (− 6.9; − 1.5)	0.003	156.6 ± 20.9	150.3 ± 18.7	− 6.2 (− 9.2; − 3.3)	< 0.001
Ankle DBP	78.0 ± 7.0	77.0 ± 7.4	− 1.0 (− 2.7; 0.8)	0.287	76.6 ± 7.7	74.6 ± 8.9	−2.0 (− 3.3; − 0.7)	0.004
Brachial pulse pressure	50.8 ± 7.7	49.2 ± 7.9	−1.6 (−3.7; 0.5)	0.130	55.6 ± 10.9	55.1 ± 11.8	−0.4 (− 3.2; 2.3)	0.755
Ankle pulse pressure	77.0 ± 13.2	73.3 ± 14.6	−3.6 (− 6.3; − 1.0)	< 0.001	80.0 ± 17.2	75.8 ± 15.3	− 4.2 (− 7.0; − 1.4)	0.004
Glycaemic	152.8 ± 42.4	119.9 ± 30.1	− 37.9 (− 47.6; − 28.2)	< 0.001	164.7 ± 54.2	127.3 ± 45.5	− 37.3 (− 45.3; − 29.4)	< 0.001

CAVI cardio ankle vascular index, ba-PWV brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, CI confidence interval