Table 2.

Cardiac parameters before and after exercise testing.

Variable	Excessive fat (n=15)	Normal fat (n=12)	P value
Presystolic BP, mm Hg	29.9 (8.4)	127.9 (13.4)	.650
Prediastolic BP, mm Hg	88.3 (7.5)	84.5 (8.9)	.235
Resting HR, beat/min	75.7 (10.4)	71.0 (10.6)	.261
Maximum HR, beat/min	172.3 (11.1)	166.6 (12.4)	.229
HR recovery	32.2 (13.4)	35.4 (13.4)	.541
Postsystolic BP, mm Hg	172.5 (22.7)	167.4 (24.8)	.581
Postdiastolic BP, mm Hg	96.4 (24.6)	2.2 (6.9)	569