Table 1.
Characteristics of the walking commuters (mean and standard deviation, SD).
| Walking commuters | Age | Height | Weight | Body mass index |
Heart rate rest |
Systolic blood pressure | Diastolic blood pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| years | m | kg | kg ·m−2 | beats ·min−1 | mm Hg | mm Hg | |
| Men (n = 10) |
46.4 9.5 |
1.79 0.07 |
80.5 11.9 |
25.0 3.0 |
74.0 7.0 |
118 10 |
79.1 8.3 |
| Women (n = 10) |
44.0 4.7 |
1.68* 0.04 |
61.1* 8.3 |
21.5* 2.4 |
60.8* 8.7 |
109 12 |
70.4* 9.4 |
*
Significant differences (p < 0.05) between men and women.