Table 3.

Pulse pressure changes over 24 weeks of the study period

Variable	Group	Baseline	Week 8	Week 16	Week 24	P value (Δ from baseline)	Mean Δ	P value
							(week 24–week 0)
Male
Resting PP	MS	56.7±11.4	54.4±7.5	56.6±11.5	50.6±9.1	0.43	−6.1±10.8
	ML	55.6±17.7	51.1±17.2	50.3±8.7	42.5±7.1	0.03	−13.1±22.2	0.32
Exhaustion PP	MS	117.6±13.4	114.6±17.6	110.6±16.6	102.1±12.4	0.77	−15.5±9.6
	ML	99.1±21.2	99.3±17.5	92.6±13.6	97.1±16.0	0.48	−2.0±13.0	0.01
5 min rest PP	MS	54.9±9.7	59.6±12.0	57.8±11.2	53.0±7.3	0.32	−1.9±10.2
	ML	60.0±17.1	53.4±6.6	51.3±7.0	44.9±8.1	0.07	−15.1±19.0	0.05
Female
Resting PP	FS	50.0±7.1	49.8±8.4	48.3±6.4	44.5±7.7	0.77	−5.5±4.8
	FL	48.7±14.1	50.6±13.8	47.3±12.1	45.6±9.0	0.2	−3.1±12.9	0.55
Exhaustion PP	FS	109.7±22.7	98.5±17.7	94.3±17.5	94.2±17.9	0.43	−15.5±13.5
	FL	97.6±26.1	96.7±22.1	91.2±12.0	92.2±12.2	0.03	−5.4±23.6	0.2
5 min rest PP	FS	53.1±6.7	48.7±9.7	51.0±7.1	49.1±8.1	0.51	−4.0±7.4
	FL	47.9±12.2	47.2±10.8	49.1±8.1	46.2±6.7	0.09	−1.7±11.4	0.56

Values are means±SD. P<0.05: significant difference in mean change between the two regimes.

F_L, long exercise bouts female; F_S, short exercise bouts female; M_L, long exercise bouts male; M_S, short exercise bouts male; PP, pulse pressure.