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Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of patient by genre

From: Acute effect of healthy walking on arterial stiffness in patients with type 2 diabetes and differences by age and sex: a pre-post intervention study

 

Overall

Males (N = 52)

Females (N = 37)

p-value

Mean/ Median/ Number

SD/IQR/(%)

Mean/ Median/ Number

SD/IQR/(%)

Mean/ Median/ Number

SD/IQR/(%)

Age (years)

65.0

61.2–68.1

64.4

59.4–68.4

65.9

62.3–67.9

0.474

BMI (Kg/m2)

29.4

4.2

29.2

4.4

29.6

4.1

0.693

Office systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

132.6

16.4

130.9

17.0

135.0

15.5

0.241

Office diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

80.5

9.0

79.5

9.0

82.0

9.0

0.200

Pulse pressure (mmHg)

51.5

41.3–59.3

49.8

40.5–56.3

53.0

42.5–63.3

0.589

Heart rate (beats/min)

72.3

11.8

72.0

12.1

72.8

11.6

0.736

Smoker n (%)

9

10.1

3

5.8

6

16.2

0.388

Physical activity (METS-min/week)

1605.0

777.5–2785.5

1696.0

930.8–2928.8

1406.0

516.0–2772.0

0.098

Intensity of the walk

      

0.816

 - Low

42

47.2

24

46.2

18

48.6

 

 - High

47

52.8

28

53.8

19

51.4

Hypertensive n (%)

47

52.8

30

57.7

17

45.9

0.274

Dyslipemic n (%)

53

59.6

32

61.5

21

56.8

0.205

HbA1c %

6.6

6.0–7.3

6.5

6.0–7.4

6.8

6.0–7.3

0.983

Serum glucose (mg/dl)

118.0

100.0–138.0

115.5

96.0–135.5

128.0

104.5–145.5

0.141

Total Cholesterol (mg/dl)

179.7

27.92

184.4

24.1

173.0

31.7

0.056

Triglycerides (mg/dl)

110.0

82.5–140.0

109.0

76.0–141.0

113.0

85.0–140.5

0.736

HDL Cholesterol (mg/dl)

55.0

14.2

55.3

14.5

54.5

13.9

0.801

LDL Cholesterol (mg/dl)

102.5

26.9

106.6

24.3

96.6

29.6

0.084

Antihypertensive drugs n (%)

46

51.7

28

53.8

18

48.6

0.234

Lipidlowering drugs n (%)

52

58.4

28

53.8

24

64.9

0.299

Antidiabetic drugs n(%)

81

91.0

46

88.5

35

94.6

0.319

  1. Values are means [standard deviations (SD)] for normally distributed continuous data and medians (interquartile range) for asymmetrically distributed continuous data
  2. BMI Body mass index, METs Metabolic equivalent, HbA1c hemoglobin A1c, HDL high-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein, SD Standard Deviation, IQR Interquartile Range