Table 2 Change in arterial stiffness and fitness measures after 6 months intervention

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

Measure

3 months

6 months

P-value (time × group)

 

AT group

NA group

AT group

NA group

 

Femoral PWV

10.35±0.74

10.40±0.83

12.19±0.71

11.76±0.75

0.002

Radial PWV

8.74±0.57

9.46±0.70

10.28±0.46

10.53±0.47

0.001

Weight (kg)

88.5±3.4

81.4±2.9

87.4±3.6

82.1±3.2

0.038

BMI (kg m−2)

31.6±1.1

28.3±0.8

30.9±1.1

28.7±0.9

0.101

WHR

0.98±0.01

0.92±0.01

0.98±0.01

0.95±0.02

0.518

SBP (mm Hg)

138±3

138±4

134±4

138±4

0.022

DBP (mm Hg)

82±2

86±2

82±2

83±2

0.078

HR (b.p.m.)

68±3

75±2

71±4

75±2

0.773

FBG (mEq)

7.19±0.23

7.08±0.23

7.00±0.41

7.54±0.41

0.049

HgA1C (%)

5.9±0.3

5.9±0.2

6.1±0.3

6.4±0.2

0.589

Total cholesterol (mmol l−1)

4.8±0.2

5.0±0.3

4.8±0.2

4.7±0.3

0.761

LDL cholesterol (mmol l−1)

2.5±0.2

2.3±0.2

2.5±0.2

2.6±0.2

0.537

HDL cholesterol (mmol l−1)

1.5±0.1

1.4±0.2

1.5±0.1

1.4±0.2

0.614

VO2max (ml kg−1 per minute)

25.1±0.9

23.7±1.0

25.3±0.9

24.1±1.0

0.015*

  1. Abbreviations: b.p.m., beats per minute; BMI, body mass index; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FBG, fasting blood glucose; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; HR, heart rate; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; PWV, pulse-wave velocity; SBP, systolic blood pressure; WHR, waist-to-hip ratio; VO2max, maximal uptake of oxygen.
  2. Changes in measures of fitness for aerobically trained (AT) and untrained (NA) are shown as mean±s.e. The effects of training were calculated by a two-way analysis of variance for repeated measures (time × group), with a P-value of <0.05 being significant. *P<0.05, 2-way analysis of variance with repeated measures.
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