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Table 1 Population characteristics

From: Exercise capacity and body mass index - important predictors of change in resting heart rate

Variable

Gender

 

Men

Women

P value

N

11,394

6689

NA

Age, years

43.2 (10.8)

44.1 (10.5)

< 0.001

BMI, kg/m2

23.4 (3.4)

20.5 (3.8)

< 0.001

Current smokers, %

16.4

18.3

0.001

Basal heart rate, beats/min

69.8 (12.0)

73.0 (11.4)

< 0.001

Delta heart rate, beatsa

−1.11 (10.4)

− 1.13 (10.2)

0.925

Systolic BP, mmHg

123.8 (14.1)

116.3 (15.4)

< 0.001

Diastolic BP, mmHg

78.1 (8.3)

73.7 (8.2)

< 0.001

DM, %

3.1

2.7

0.169

Hypertension, %

7.6

5.4

< 0.001

Dyslipidemia, %

15.6

14.3

0.017

MET

12.9 (3.1)

10.3 (2.5)

< 0.001

Sport intensity, h/week

3.2 (15.5)

2.5 (11.3)

< 0.001

HDL- c, mg/dl

50.0 (10.5)

64.1 (15.2)

< 0.001

LDL- c, mg/dl

120.1 (31.2)

116.5 (32.4)

< 0.001

Triglycerides, mg/dl

126.0 (79.5)

100.7 (54.8)

< 0.001

  1. Continuous variables are presented as mean (SD). BMI Body mass index. BP Blood pressure. DM Diabetes Mellitus. HDL-c High density lipoprotein cholesterol. LDL-c Low density lipoprotein cholesterol. MET Metabolic equivalents of task. Sport intensity frequency of sport activity per week X length of sport activity. a Delta HR present the calculated difference between RHR measured at the 2nd visit minus the RHR measured during the first visit