Table 1.
General characteristics of study participants.
| Men (Unweighted n = 9670) |
Women (Unweighted n = 12,797) |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 55.3 (10.5) | 56.6 (11.2) | <0.001 |
| Body mass index | 24.5 (3.1) | 23.8 (3.4) | <0.001 |
| Waist Circumference | 86.9 (8.4) | 80.4 (9.3) | <0.001 |
| Total Cholesterol | 195.0 (37.0) | 198.5 (37.1) | <0.001 |
| Triglyceride | 173.5 (146.6) | 121.5 (82.4) | <0.001 |
| HDL-C | 47.1 (11.3) | 54.0 (12.7) | <0.001 |
| LDL-C | 116.9 (33.9) | 119.9 (33.4) | 0.002 |
| FPG | 106.4 (26.3) | 100.3 (21.9) | <0.001 |
| Hemoglobin A1c | 5.9 (0.9) | 5.8 (0.8) | <0.001 |
| Hypertension | 38.9 (0.6)% | 32.9 (0.6)% | <0.001 |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 16.5 (0.4)% | 12.0 (0.4)% | <0.001 |
| Hypercholesterolemia | 21.6 (0.5)% | 28.3 (0.5)% | <0.001 |
| Metabolic syndrome | 33.0 (0.6)% | 24.8 (0.5)% | <0.001 |
| Exercise groups | <0.001 | ||
| NEG | 42.4 (0.6)% | 52.6 (0.6)% | |
| APA | 29.7 (0.6)% | 33.5 (0.5)% | |
| MSE | 10.6 (0.4)% | 5.7 (0.3)% | |
| CEG | 17.3 (0.5)% | 8.2 (0.3)% |
Values are presented as weighted means (with standard errors) for continuous variables or weighted proportions (with standard errors) for categorical variables, respectively. Abbreviations: HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; NEG, none exercise group; APA, aerobic physical activity; MSE, muscle strengthening exercise; CEG, combined exercise group.