Table 2. Baseline characteristics of participants.

Characteristic	Total (N=40)
Sociodemographic characteristics
Age; mean (SD)	63.4 (9.7)
Male sex	31 (75.6)
White race	38 (92.7)
Married	31 (75.6)
Medical history
Hypertension	34 (85)
Hyperlipidemia	37 (93)
Type 2 diabetes	3 (8)
History of smoking	19 (48)
Baseline self-report outcome measures (measure; range); all listed as mean (SD)
Physical function (DASI; 0-58.2)	46.9 (12.5)
Moderate physical activity (minutes/week)	261.5 (265.0)
Self-reported Health (1-5 Likert scale)	2.0 (0.9)

DASI=Duke Activity Status Index; All variables are presented as n (%) unless specified.