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. 2021 Sep 23;13(9):e18227. doi: 10.7759/cureus.18227

Table 2. Pre and post cardiac rehabilitation functional outcomes.

£pre vs post: p < 0.001; ¥pre vs post: p = 0.010; ¢pre vs post: p = 0.019; pre vs post: p = 0.031

BMI, body mass index; CC, chronotropic competence; BPR, blood pressure response; METS, metabolic equivalence

  Non-obese (N = 87), BMI < 30 kg/m2 Obese (N = 91), BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 p-Value
Pre-CC 0.71 ± 0.11£ 0.72 ± 0.10¥ 0.867
Post-CC 0.76 ± 0.11£ 0.75 ± 0.12¥ 0.440
Pre-BPR 24.02 ± 20.07¢ 27.18 ± 17.99 0.136
Post-BPR 30.18 ± 21.93¢ 28.07 ± 20.12 0.527
Pre-METS 4.96 ± 1.98£ 4.39 ± 1.81£ 0.050
Post-METS 7.33 ± 2.94£ 6.79 ± 3.34£ 0.200
Pre-BMI 25.91 ± 2.85 35.30 ± 5.60 <0.001
Post-BMI 26.21 ± 2.96 34.93 ± 5.42 <0.001