Table 1.

Baseline clinical information of study participants. There were no significant differences between groups in any of the variables.

	Control (n = 29)	All-RT (n = 26)
Age, years (SD)	55.4 (5.0)	55.7 (5.1)
Blood pressure, mmHg (SD)
Systolic	128.3 (16.6)	131.1 (14.0)
Diastolic	78.4 (10.1)	78.5 (7.1)
Haemoglobin, g/L (SD)	140.4 (7.8)	137.1 (9.9)
Medication used for, n (%)
Hypertension	3 (10)	7 (27)
Rheumatoid arthritis	1 (3)	1 (4)
Hypothyroidism	2 (7)	3 (12)
Crohn’s disease	1 (3)	1 (4)
Smoking, n (%)	1 (3)	1 (4)

RT resistance training, SD standard deviation.