TABLE 2.
Baseline characteristics by fitness categories in men.
| Non-exercise estimated cardiorespiratory fitness tertiles |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | T1 (lower) | T2 (middle) | T3 (upper) | Plinear Trend | |
| Characteristic | (N=4403) | (N=1466) | (N=1469) | (N=1468) | |
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| Age (yr) | 42.8 (9.0) | 43.1 (9.2) | 42.7 (9.1) | 42.4 (8.7) | 0.11 |
| Body mass index | 25.1 (2.7) | 27.7 (2.5) | 24.9 (1.5) | 22.9 (1.4) | <0.0001 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 89.9 (8.5) | 97.4 (7.4) | 89.5 (5.1) | 82.9 (5.7) | <0.0001 |
| Resting heart rate | 56 (9) | 62 (9) | 56 (8) | 51 (7) | <0.0001 |
| Total cholesterol (mmol/L) | 5.3 (1.2) | 5.5 (1.0) | 5.3 (1.4) | 5.0 (0.9) | <0.0001 |
| Triglycerides (mmol/L) | 1.3 (0.9) | 1.6 (1.2) | 1.2 (0.7) | 1.0 (0.5) | <0.0001 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 112 (8) | 113 (8) | 111 (8) | 111 (8) | <0.0001 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 72 (5) | 73 (4) | 72 (5) | 71 (5) | <0.0001 |
| Fasting blood glucose (mmol/L) | 5.4 (0.7) | 5.5 (0.7) | 5.4 (0.7) | 5.3 (0.5) | <0.0001 |
| Estimated cardiorespiratory fitness (METs) | 13.4 (1.2) | 12.2 (0.9) | 13.5 (0.5) | 14.5 (0.6) | <0.0001 |
| Current smoker (%) | 14.7 | 23.9 | 13.8 | 6.4 | <0.0001 |
| Heavy alcohol drinker* (%) | 5.8 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 0.25 |
| Physically active† (%) | 84.0 | 66.4 | 88.6 | 97.1 | <0.0001 |
| Hypercholesterolemia‡ (%) | 14.7 | 20.4 | 15.0 | 8.7 | <0.0001 |
| Diabetes mellitus§ (%) | 1.6 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.0001 |
| Parental history of hypertension (%) | 10.9 | 12.4 | 9.9 | 10.4 | 0.06 |
Data are presented as % or mean (SD).
*
Heavy alcohol drinker was defined as drinks per week >14 in male or >7 in female. One drink of alcohol is defined as 12 oz (3.41 dL) of beer, 5 oz (1.421 dL) of wine, or 1.5 oz (0.4262 dL) of hard liquor.
†
Physically active was defined as have leisure-time physical activity during the past three months.
‡
Hypercholesterolemia was defined as a physician diagnosis or total cholesterol ≥6.2 mmol/L.
§
Diabetes mellitus was defined as a physician diagnosis, insulin use, or fasting glucose ≥7 mmol/L.