TABLE 5.
Blood pressure changes of hypertensive and non‐hypertensive participants at different effective step levels
| Hypertensive | Non‐hypertensive | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aEffective steps levels | N | Pre | Post | Δ (post‐pre) | p‐value | N | Pre | Post | Δ (post‐pre) | p‐value | |
| Level 1 | SBP | 27 | 137.0±10.7 | 125.1±8.4 | −11.8±13.4 | <.001 | 65 | 114.9±11.3 | 113.4±10.4 | −1.5±10.0 | .229 |
| DBP | 27 | 93.8±8.9 | 82.9±7.6 | −10.9±9.7 | <.001 | 65 | 73.3±8.6 | 73.0±8.0 | 0.3±7.9 | .744 | |
| Level 2 | SBP | 33 | 137.1±11.1 | 128.3±12.1 | −8.8±11.0 | <.001 | 141 | 113.7±11.5 | 111.5±11.3 | −2.2±9.1 | .004 |
| DBP | 33 | 92.9±9.7 | 84.1±9.7 | −8.8±8.4 | <.001 | 141 | 73.6±8.6 | 72.7±9.7 | −0.9±8.4 | .217 | |
| Level 3 | SBP | 31 | 135.5±13.3 | 127.4±12.7 | −8.1±12.1 | .001 | 206 | 112.3±10.5 | 111.3±10.3 | −1.0±10.0 | .144 |
| DBP | 31 | 90.9±7.5 | 83.9±8.9 | −7.0±10.1 | .001 | 206 | 72.8±8.6 | 71.8±8.7 | −0.9±8.1 | .107 | |
| Level 4 | SBP | 26 | 134.3±12.5 | 128.6±12.2 | −5.7±9.7 | .006 | 159 | 113.4±10.9 | 115.4±11.2 | 2.0±10.2 | .015 |
| DBP | 26 | 89.4±9.9 | 84.3±10.4 | −5.1±10.1 | .016 | 159 | 73.9±8.3 | 73.4±8.8 | −0.5±8.9 | .430 | |
Data are expressed as mean ± SD in mm Hg.
a
Effective steps levels, Level 1: 4000 ‐ < 8000 Steps/day; Level 2: 8000 ‐ < 10000 Steps/day; Level 3: 10000‐ 12000 Steps/day; Level 4: more than 12000 Steps/day.
Abbreviations: N, number of participants; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; Δ, is a 3‐month change.