Table 5.

Comparison of blood pressure and heart rate before, after and during the test (¯x±SD).

		Test group (n = 54)		Control group (n = 53)
		Before test	After test	Before test	After test
Before exercise	Systolic pressure	129.57 ± 15.49	129.41 ± 15.48	130.58 ± 14.38	130.30 ± 14.27
	Diastolic pressure	76.94 ± 10.30	76.91 ± 9.85	77.23 ± 11.58	77.28 ± 11.29
	Heart rate	73.98 ± 8.25	73.87 ± 8.01	73.57 ± 9.96	73.60 ± 9.55
During exercise	Systolic pressure	162.35 ± 27.94	162.46 ± 28.71	162.57 ± 28.27	165.85 ± 26.03
	Diastolic pressure	90.56 ± 19.21	89.41 ± 19.32	89.28 ± 22.26	95.23 ± 19.97
	Heart rate	119.41 ± 13.32	123.20 ± 13.81	115.15 ± 21.89	115.77 ± 17.35#
After Exercise	Systolic pressure	141.00 ± 24.77	140.17 ± 21.72	145.26 ± 27.66	144.81 ± 27.97
	Diastolic pressure	83.19 ± 10.24	84.89 ± 11.03	84.64 ± 10.03	89.70 ± 12.35∗#
	Heart rate	100.28 ± 18.00	102.06 ± 14.33	102.60 ± 15.00	101.09 ± 11.28

Compared with pre-test ∗P＜0.05 Comparison between groups # represents P＜0.05.