Table 2.
Event type | N (% of sample) |
---|---|
Serious cardiovascular event (N=1)
| |
Acute coronary syndrome | |
Persistent ventricular arrythmia | 0 |
Death | 0 |
Required immediate medical care (atrial fibrillation in participant with known paroxysmal atrial fibrillation) | 1 (0.03%) |
Exercise finding warranting notification of primary care physician (N=80) | |
Chest discomfort | 5 (0.16%) |
Severe hypertensive exercise response | 2 (0.06%) |
Exercise induced headache | 1 (0.03%) |
ST depressions or T-wave inversions | 38 (1.22%) |
Ventricular ectopy | 23 (0.74%) |
Atrial arrhythmias | 3 (0.10%) |
Post-exercise vagal response including hypotension or syncope | 8 (0.26%) |
All exercise findings prompting notification of primary care physicians are included