Table 3.

Effects of physical activity on cardiovascular indicators in older adults with hypertension.

	Adjusted†
Cardiovascular indicators	HR	95% CI
Uncontrolled blood pressure
Group I (reference)
Group II	0.946	0.880–1.017
Group III	0.952	0.877–1.033
Group IV	0.871∗∗	0.800–0.948
Uncontrolled glucose
Group I (reference)
Group II	0.942∗	0.888–0.999
Group III	1.011	0.947–1.080
Group IV	0.979	0.915–1.046
Obesity
Group I (reference)
Group II	0.948	0.883–1.017
Group III	1.056	0.976–1.143
Group IV	1.052	0.971–1.139
Hypercholesterolemia
Group I (reference)
Group II	1.007	0.950–1.069
Group III	1.038	0.971–1.110
Group IV	1.028	0.960–1.100

Group I = Maintaining No Physical Activity Group, Group II = Changing From No Physical Activity to Physical Activity Group, Group III = Changing From Physical Activity to No Physical Activity Group, Group IV = Maintaining Physical Activity Group.

CI = confidence interval, HR = hazard ratio.

^†Adjusted for age, gender, economic status, smoking, alcohol consumption, number of comorbidities, and family history.

^∗P < .05.

^∗∗P < .01.