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Table 2 Cardiovascular health 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)

CVD risk (score)a

5.5 (4.0)

4.8 (3.4)

0.216

6.1 (4.3)

4.6 (3.2)

0.032

Weight (Kg)a

79.7 (14.7)

76.1 (14.0)

0.117

79.3 (15.1)

75.0 (14.4)

0.059

BMI (Kg/m2)a

31.6 (4.4)

30.5 (4.3)

0.128

31.4 (4.6)

30.0 (4.4)

0.062

Smoking (%)

3.6

5.9

0.731

3.6

4.6

0.556

Systolic BP (mmHg)a

135.4 (15.0)

134.5 (16.1)

0.690

139.3 (20.1)

131.8 (13.7)

0.002

Diastolic BP (mmHg)a

75.9 (10.0)

76.7 (9.8)

0.554

74.9 (12.0)

74.8 (8.3)

0.953

Controlled BP (%)

39.6

42.8

0.751

32.4

51.3

0.015

Change in control of BP

• From uncontrolled to controlled (%)

   

12.3

20.4

0.042

• From controlled to uncontrolled (%)

   

23.1

13.6

  1. CVD cardiovascular disease, BMI Body mass index. BP blood pressure
  2. Change in control of BP (end-baseline)
  3. aValues expressed as mean and standard deviation (SD)