Table 5.

Subgroup analyses of diastolic blood pressure.

Outcomes	Number of studies	Sample size (HIIT/MICT)	Heterogeneity test		Value of effect		Two-tailed test
			I2 (%)	P	WMD value	95%CI	Z	P
Dynamic monitoring time
Daytime	4	70/69	29	.24	1.06	[−1.05, 3.17]	0.98	.33
Evening	4	70/70	39	.19	3.63	[1.75, 5.51]	3.78	.0002
Blood pressure range
Pre-hypertension	7	82/85	0	.57	−2.31	[−4.65, 0.04]	1.93	.05
Normal	6	114/100	0	.73	0.04	[−1.50, 1.57]	0.05	.96
Exercise frequency
<3 times	2	32/28	0	.78	−0.44	[−3.97, 3.10]	0.24	.81
≥3 times	11	192/190	1	.44	−0.70	[−2.08, 0.68]	1.00	.32
≥5 times	2	19/19	0	.97	0.61	[−6.14, 7.36]	0.18	.86
Training cycle
<8 wk	3	33/35	0	.34	1.70	[−1.51, 4.90]	1.04	.30
≥8 wk	10	191/183	0	.79	−1.12	[−2.52, 0.28]	1.56	.12
≥12 wk	7	120/115	0	.65	−1.55	[−3.21, 0.11]	1.83	.07
≥16 wk	4	65/63	10	.34	−1.34	[−3.25, 0.56]	1.39	.17

CI = confidence interval, HIIT = high-intensity intermittent training, MICT = moderate-intensity continuous training, WMD = weighted mean difference.