Table 5 The effects of physical activity on body composition and arterial stiffness.

From: The association between physical activity and cardiovascular events, tumors and all-cause mortality in patients with maintenance hemodialysis with different nutritional status

 

IPAQ

P

Low(n = 51)

Moderate(n = 77)

High(n = 16)

Body fat content (kg)

15.75 [11.37, 23.25]

12.70 [8.00, 16.90]

15.40 [10.10, 20.05]

0.06

Skeletal muscle content (kg)

31.74 ± 7.67

30.30 ± 7.71

33.00 ± 5.59

0.50

Minerals (kg)

4.25 [3.77, 5.02]

4.00 [3.60, 4.40]

4.40 [4.10, 4.45]

0.15

Protein (kg)

11.71 ± 2.02

11.82 ± 2.00

12.27 ± 1.64

0.72

Visceral fat level

9.36 ± 4.59

7.73 ± 4.16

9.27 ± 4.50

0.27

WHR

0.86 ± 0.11

0.83 ± 0.10

0.86 ± 0.10

0.46

Visceral fat content (kg)

2.05 [1.40, 3.05]

1.40 [0.90, 2.00]

1.90 [1.00, 2.90]

0.10

Subcutaneous fat content (kg)

14.10 [9.95, 20.35]

11.50 [7.10, 15.10]

13.30 [8.95, 17.45]

0.06

Left upper limb fat content (kg)

1.06 [0.79, 1.54]

0.72 [0.45, 1.05]

0.90 [0.72, 1.14]

< 0.05

Right upper limb fat content (kg)

1.16 [0.85, 1.68]

0.73 [0.49, 1.10]

1.01 [0.90, 1.39]

< 0.05

Trunk fat content(kg)

8.06 [6.48, 13.44]

6.52 [4.19, 8.67]

7.86 [5.25, 10.36]

< 0.05

Left lower limb fat content (kg)

2.83 [2.24, 4.78]

2.15 [1.50, 2.95]

2.73 [1.82, 3.70]

0.07

Right lower limb fat content (kg)

3.13 [2.39, 4.74]

2.36 [1.49, 3.08]

2.88 [1.83, 3.78]

< 0.05

Lean body mass index

19.17 [16.81, 21.99]

18.41 [17.16, 20.06]

20.44 [18.99, 21.23]

0.25

Fat body mass index

5.59 [3.87, 8.98]

4.41 [2.67, 6.02]

5.04 [3.61, 7.36]

0.1

Skeletal muscle mass index

10.91 [9.00, 12.89]

9.86 [8.88, 11.94]

10.84 [10.14, 13.11]

0.29

ABI (right lower extremity)

1.16 (0.14)

1.16 (0.11)

1.29 (0.16)

0.09

ABI (left lower extremity)

1.17 [1.06, 1.27]

1.14 [1.05, 1.25]

1.29 [1.26, 1.34]

0.06

BAI (right upper extremity)

0.82 [0.76, 0.88]

0.82 [0.78, 0.88]

0.78 [0.73, 0.80]

0.3

BAI (left upper extremity)

0.89 [0.81, 0.93]

0.88 [0.84, 0.90]

0.79 [0.79, 0.79]

0.35

PWV (right, cm/s)

1826.28 ± 392.27

1828.48 ± 341.07

2180.25 ± 426.11

0.17

PWV (left, cm/s)

1915.11 ± 439.64

1889.94 ± 380.81

2174.50 ± 507.72

0.41

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