TABLE 6.

Relationship between the change (post‐pre) of blood pressure and effective step levels in hypertensive and non‐hypertensive participants

	Hypertensive				Non‐hypertensive
a Effective steps levels	ΔSBP b	p‐value	ΔDBP c	p‐value	ΔSBP b	p‐value	ΔDBP c	p‐value
Level 1 versus 4	−6.22 (‐12.68,0.24)	.036	−4.79 (‐9.95,0.36)	.073	−3.04 (‐5.88,‐0.19)	.037	−0.08 (‐2.57,2.41)	.950
Level 2 versus 4	−3.73 (‐9.96,2.51)	.245	−3.51 (‐8.56,1.55)	.179	−2.54 (‐4.88,‐0.20)	.034	0.68 (‐1.37,2.74)	.5167
Level 3 versus 4	−1.16 (‐8.05,5.73)	.742	0.32 (‐5.17,5.8)	.911	−2.32 (‐4.44,‐0.19)	.033	0.58 (‐1.29,2.44)	.547

Data are expressed as mean difference (95% confidence interval).

^a Effective steps levels, Level 1: 4000 ‐ < 8000 Steps/day; Level 2: 8000 ‐ < 10 000 Steps/day; Level 3: 10 000‐ 12 000 Steps/day; Level 4: more than 12 000 Steps/day.

^b ΔSBP: difference of systolic blood pressure change in mm Hg (95% confidence interval).

^c ΔDBP: difference of diastolic blood pressure change in mm Hg (95% confidence interval).