Table 1
Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants
| MS (n=14) | ML (n=13) | FS (n=13) | FL (n=13) | |
| Age (years) | 55.0±5.6 | 55.2±3.0 | 53.9±2.6 | 53.9±3.5 |
| WHtR | 0.52±0.07 | 0.56±0.08 | 0.61±0.05 | 0.57±0.08 |
| WHR | 0.93±0.06 | 0.96±0.07 | 0.82±0.10 | 0.84±0.09 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25.8±4.0 | 28.6±4.8 | 33.3±4.8 | 32.0±5.4 |
| FBG (mmol/L) | 5.9±0.6 | 6.4±2.4 | 6.1±0.7 | 6.2±0.9 |
| Body fat percentage | 20.7±7.3 | 24.9±7.9 | 39.8±3.6 | 37.4±5.1 |
| Pre-exertion SBP (mm Hg) | 138.9±17.4 | 140.8±22.1 | 133.7±13.2 | 137.6±23.8 |
| Pre-exertion DBP (mm Hg) | 82.1±11.3 | 83.7±8.7 | 83.7±10.6 | 84.2±8.1 |
| Pre-exertion HR (b/m) | 73.9±9.5 | 76.8±7.7 | 79.8±12.0 | 71.8±8.4 |
| Exhaustion SBP (mm Hg) | 196.3±17.9 | 191.6±20.1 | 193±28.0 | 186.5±23.2 |
| Exhaustion DBP (mm Hg) | 78.7±7.5 | 88.7±8.8 | 83.3±11.3 | 85.5±9.3 |
| Exhaustion HR (b/m) | 125.4±14.4 | 127.6±13.7 | 125.2±13.3 | 123±17.7 |
| 5 min postexertion SBP (mm Hg) | 130.3±9.8 | 141±18.0 | 127.2±11.7 | 128.3±17.3 |
| 5 min postexertion DBP (mm Hg) | 75.4±9.2 | 79.5±9.4 | 74.1±10.8 | 76.1±10.5 |
| 5 min postexertion HR (b/m) | 90.8±8.8 | 90.8±11.6 | 91.5±10.3 | 85.1±8.6 |
 O2max (mL/kg/min) | 26.1±4.4 | 25.8±5.1 | 20.2±1.8 | 21.2±1.9 |
Data presented as mean±SD.
b/m, beats per minute; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FBG, fasting blood glucose; FL, long exercise bouts female; FS, short exercise bouts female; HR, heart rate; ML, long exercise bouts male; MS, short exercise bouts male; SBP, systolic blood pressure; WHR, waist-to-hip ratio; WHtR, waist-to-height ratio.