Table 2
Absolute blood pressure, heart rate and V·
O2max changes
| Variable | Group | Week 0 | Week 8 | Week 16 | Week 24 | P value (Δ from baseline) | Δ (week 24–week 0) | P value |
| Male | ||||||||
| Resting SBP | MS | 138.9±17.4 | 132.9±15.2 | 130.6±16.9 | 122.4±12.5 | 0.25 | −16.4±10.7 | |
| ML | 138.6±26.4 | 131.9±25.1 | 126.6±15.1 | 116.5±10.7 | 0.03 | −22.1±27.6 | 0.49 | |
| Exhaustion SBP | MS | 196.3±17.9 | 194.8±21.8 | 189.6±21.3 | 177.5±14.5 | 0.46 | −18.8±11.6 | |
| SBP at 5 min | ML | 185.9±20.6 | 183.6±19.6 | 176.1±13.2 | 175.6±15.3 | 0.45 | −10.3±10.1 | 0.1 |
| MS | 130.3±9.8 | 132.1±14.0 | 129.1±15.0 | 120.7±8.1 | 0.52 | −9.6±10.1 | ||
| Resting DBP | ML | 137.6±16.8 | 131.5±9.1 | 125.4±12.0 | 117.9±7.5 | 0.05 | −19.9±16.5 | 0.08 |
| MS | 82.1±11.3 | 78.5±10.6 | 74.0±8.8 | 71.8±5.8 | 0.02 | −10.4±7.8 | ||
| Exhaustion DBP | ML | 83.0±10.0 | 80.8±12.7 | 76.4±8.5 | 74.0±6.7 | 0.31 | −9.0±7.4 | 0.69 |
| DBP at 5 min | MS | 78.7±7.5 | 80.1±7.1 | 79.0±8.6 | 75.4±5.4 | 0.25 | −3.3±6.0 | |
| ML | 86.8±9.7 | 84.4±5.6 | 83.5±5.3 | 78.5±4.5 | 0.06 | −8.3±8.5 | 0.12 | |
| Resting HR | MS | 75.4±9.2 | 72.5±6.2 | 71.3±7.2 | 67.8±4.2 | 0.01 | −7.6±7.6 | |
| ML | 77.8±4.9 | 78.1±3.6 | 74.1±6.4 | 73.0±3.8 | 0.52 | −4.8±7.2 | 0.39 | |
| Exhaustion HR | MS | 73.9±9.5 | 70.0±9.4 | 66.1±9.9 | 63.0±7.2 | 0.34 | −10.9±8.6 | |
| ML | 74.9±8.3 | 71.0±6.6 | 72.0±6.9 | 64.8±5.7 | 0.35 | −10.1±8.1 | 0.85 | |
| HR at 5 min | MS | 125.4±14.4 | 120.5±17.0 | 113.6±18.3 | 118.4±15.4 | 0.81 | −6.9±15.5 | |
| ML | 129.1±14.7 | 119.8±20.1 | 125.9±14.9 | 130.3±16.7 | 0.74 | 1.1±14.0 | 0.24 | |
 O2max | MS | 90.8±8.8 | 85.9±11.0 | 82.4±7.6 | 74.9±5.6 | 0.12 | −15.9±7.9 | |
| ML | 91.4±13.0 | 84.0±10.1 | 81.5±12.5 | 76.9±7.6 | 0.18 | −14.5±10.3 | 0.73 | |
| Female | MS | 26.1±4.4 | 28.4±5.7 | 29.7±6.0 | 32.0±6.2 | 0.23 | 5.88±2.8 | |
| Resting SBP | ML | 25.8±5.1 | 26.1±5.2 | 27.1±5.2 | 28.8±5.4 | 0.89 | 2.96±2.0 | 0.02 |
| Exhaustion SBP | FS | 133.7±13.2 | 129.9±15.4 | 125.5±14.8 | 118.5±12.8 | 0.91 | −15.2±4.1 | |
| SBP at 5 min | FL | 130.5±16.1 | 126.5±14.5 | 122.6±15.2 | 116.4±11.4 | 0.31 | −14.1±11.8 | 0.75 |
| FS | 193.0±28.0 | 182.7±24.0 | 178.2±25.1 | 174.7±25.4 | 0.74 | −18.3±13.8 | ||
| Resting DBP | FL | 182.0±24.5 | 178.4±27.8 | 170.8±15.7 | 167.2±16.6 | 0.26 | −14.8±19.5 | 0.62 |
| FS | 127.2±11.7 | 124.2±16.5 | 124.6±12.2 | 119.5±14.1 | 0.53 | −7.6±8.4 | ||
| Exhaustion DBP | FL | 122.5±13.2 | 121.8±14.8 | 118.5±11.0 | 114.3±11.0 | 0.6 | −8.2±12.2 | 0.89 |
| DBP at 5 min | FS | 83.7±10.6 | 80.1±11.2 | 77.2±10.3 | 73.9±9.0 | 0.56 | −9.8±5.5 | |
| FL | 81.8±7.6 | 75.9±8.6 | 75.3±7.6 | 70.8±8.0 | 0.89 | −11.0±4.6 | 0.57 | |
| Resting HR | FS | 83.3±11.3 | 84.2±10.2 | 83.8±11.1 | 80.5±9.5 | 0.57 | −2.8±8.9 | |
| FL | 84.4±9.5 | 81.7±10.6 | 79.7±7.1 | 75±6.3 | 0.24 | −9.4±8.4 | 0.08 | |
| Exhaustion HR | FS | 74.1±10.8 | 75.5±10.6 | 73.6±8.3 | 70.5±8.2 | 0.36 | −3.6±6.1 | |
| FL | 74.6±10.9 | 74.6±19.9 | 69.4±8.7 | 68.1±6.5 | 0.13 | −6.5±7.0 | 0.3 | |
| HR at 5 min | FS | 79.8±12.0 | 73.9±12.4 | 71.7±7.9 | 66.4±6.5 | 0.05 | −13.4±11.3 | |
| FL | 68.2±5.6 | 68.2±11.4 | 64.0±7.2 | 62.8±7.7 | 0.36 | −5.4±4.5 | 0.05 | |
 O2max | FS | 125.2±13.3 | 123.1±15.8 | 121.3±19.6 | 119.8±14.3 | 0.82 | −5.4±13.8 | |
| FL | 122.7±19.1 | 113.3±17.5 | 112.6±21.4 | 116.9±21.5 | 0.73 | −5.8±21.3 | 0.96 | |
| FS | 91.5±10.3 | 86.3±6.2 | 81.7±7.1 | 75.7±6.9 | 0.18 | −15.8±9.3 | ||
| FL | 84.2±9.6 | 81.6±10.1 | 73.6±6.5 | 71.3±5.7 | 0.13 | −12.9±8.9 | 0.46 | |
| FS | 20.2±1.8 | 20.7±1.9 | 21.2±2.1 | 22.7±2.0 | 0.71 | 2.51±1.0 | ||
| FL | 21.2±1.9 | 22.1±2.9 | 23.0±2.8 | 24.2±2.7 | 0.32 | 2.98±1.5 | 0.38 |
DBP, diastolic blood pressure; 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.