Table 1 Subject characteristics

From: Aerobic training-induced improvements in arterial stiffness are not sustained in older adults with multiple cardiovascular risk factors

Measure

All subjects

AT subjects

NA subjects

P-value

Age (years)

69.3±0.6

68.5±0.9

70.0±0.8

0.226

Body mass index (kg m−2)

29.7±0.6

30.9±1.0

28.6±0.8

0.070

SBP (mm Hg)

144±3

148±4

140±3

0.161

DBP (mm Hg)

82±2

82±3

82±2

0.942

Heart rate (beats per minute)

74±1

73±2

75±2

0.703

Fasting blood glucose (mmol l−1)

7.8±0.3

7.7±0.4

7.8±0.4

0.985

Glycosylated hemoglobin (%)

6.7±0.2

6.8±0.3

6.6±0.2

0.923

Years since diabetes diagnosis

7.9±0.6

7.8±1.1

7.9±0.7

0.520

Total cholesterol (mmol l−1)

5.0±0.2

4.9±0.2

5.0±0.3

0.888

LDL cholesterol (mmol l−1)

2.6±0.1

2.7±0.2

2.6±0.2

0.841

HDL cholesterol (mmol l−1)

1.5±0.1

1.5±0.1

1.6±0.2

0.671

Radial PWV (m s−1)

10.78±0.32

11.17±0.42

10.34±0.47

0.197

Femoral PWV (m s−1)

11.97±0.44

13.40±0.69

12.03±0.63

0.162

VO2max (ml kg−1 per minute)

22.5±0.7

22.2±0.9

23.4±1.0

0.382

Medications (number, percent)

 Metformin

34 (66%)

17 (70%)

17 (63%)

0.772

 Sulfonylureas

21 (40%)

13 (52%)

8 (30%)

0.157

 Glitazones

8 (17%)

3 (13%)

5 (20%)

0.715

 Statin

24 (45%)

14 (57%)

10 (37%)

0.175

 ACE inhibitors

25 (47%)

12 (48%)

13 (47%)

0.989

 ARB

12 (21%)

7 (26%)

5 (17%)

0.501

 Beta-blockers

9 (15%)

4 (17%)

5 (13%)

0.715

 Calcium channel blocker

4 (8%)

3 (13%)

1 (3%)

0.305

 Hydrochlorothiazide

16 (30%)

10 (39%)

6 (23%)

0.242

 Other diuretics

3 (6%)

1 (4%)

2 (7%)

0.989

  1. Abbreviations: ACE, angiotensin converting enzyme; ARB, angiotensin receptor blocker; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; PWV, pulse-wave velocity; SBP, systolic blood pressure; VO2max, maximal uptake of oxygen.
  2. Demographic data for aerobically trained (AT), untrained (NA) and all subjects are shown as mean±s.e. A P-value of <0.05 was considered as significant.