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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristic, health status, food consumption and physical activity during physical activity intervention program in hypertensive subjects

From: Physical activity, cardiovascular health, quality of life and blood pressure control in hypertensive subjects: randomized clinical trial

 

Baseline

p

End

p

Control group (n = 55)

Intervention group (n = 152)

Control group (n = 55)

Intervention group (n = 152)

Age (years)a

70.1 (9.3)

67.4 (6.6)

0.057

   

Women (%)

72.7

76.3

0.589

   

Social Class

 High Class I-II (%)

21.8

19.1

0.070

   

 Middle Class IIIN-IIIM (%)

70.9

53.3

   

 Lower Class IV-V (%)

7.3

27.6

   

Chronic diseases

 T2DM (%)

23.6

25.7

0.857

   

 Overweight (%)

34.5

41.4

0.423

   

 Obesity (%)

60.0

48.0

0.157

   

 Dyslipidemia (%)

60.0

56.6

0.751

   

 Depression (%)

10.9

15.1

0.505

   

 Anxiety (%)

25.5

12.5

0.320

   

 Osteoporosis (%)

6.0

8.2

0.060

   

Comorbid diseases (n)a

2.2 (1.0)

2.2 (1.0)

0.703

   

Food consumptiona

 Dairy Products (g/day)a

348.7 (161.3)

316.7 (150.9)

0.214

381.6 (188.5)

335.0 (173.3)

0.117

 Meat/Fish/ Eggs (g/day)a

147.9 (46.7)

142.4 (57.8)

0.542

145.1 (53.0)

152.0 (66.1)

0.503

 Cereals (g/day)a

155.9 (59.1)

137.8 (49.8)

0.068

154.6 (68.6)

134.0 (49.3)

0.813

 Fruits/ Vegetables (g/day)a

329.3 (137.2)

281.6 (122.4)

0.260

318.8 (157.9)

298.3 (140.6)

0.402

 Sugary beverages (g/day)a

16.6 (43.7)

22.0 (56.0)

0.538

22.9 (59.6)

21.9 (46.9)

0.908

Physical activity intensitya

 Walking (METs/min/week)a

1459.0 (1431.9)

1363.0 (1997.8)

0.556

1565.0 (1997.8)

1912.0 (1545.4)

0.670

 Moderate (METs/min/week)a

484.0 (1230.8)

481.0(1210.1)

0.619

279.0 (760.5)

930.0 (1633.6)

0.004

 Vigorous (METs/min/week)a

164.0 (169.6)

161.0 (820.4)

0.165

161.0 (160.3)

208.4 (868.2)

0.077

 Total (METs/min/week)a

2107.0 (2156.5)

1995.3 (2112.7)

0.742

2005.2 (1989.2)

3050.0 (2466.4)

0.002

  1. T2DM Type 2 diabetes mellitus, METs Metabolic equivalents task
  2. aValues expressed as mean and standard deviation (SD)