Table 3
Pulse pressure changes over 24 weeks of the study period
| Variable | Group | Baseline | Week 8 | Week 16 | Week 24 | P value (Δ from baseline) | Mean Δ | P value |
| (week 24–week 0) | ||||||||
| Male | ||||||||
| Resting PP | MS | 56.7±11.4 | 54.4±7.5 | 56.6±11.5 | 50.6±9.1 | 0.43 | −6.1±10.8 | |
| ML | 55.6±17.7 | 51.1±17.2 | 50.3±8.7 | 42.5±7.1 | 0.03 | −13.1±22.2 | 0.32 | |
| Exhaustion PP | MS | 117.6±13.4 | 114.6±17.6 | 110.6±16.6 | 102.1±12.4 | 0.77 | −15.5±9.6 | |
| ML | 99.1±21.2 | 99.3±17.5 | 92.6±13.6 | 97.1±16.0 | 0.48 | −2.0±13.0 | 0.01 | |
| 5 min rest PP | MS | 54.9±9.7 | 59.6±12.0 | 57.8±11.2 | 53.0±7.3 | 0.32 | −1.9±10.2 | |
| ML | 60.0±17.1 | 53.4±6.6 | 51.3±7.0 | 44.9±8.1 | 0.07 | −15.1±19.0 | 0.05 | |
| Female | ||||||||
| Resting PP | FS | 50.0±7.1 | 49.8±8.4 | 48.3±6.4 | 44.5±7.7 | 0.77 | −5.5±4.8 | |
| FL | 48.7±14.1 | 50.6±13.8 | 47.3±12.1 | 45.6±9.0 | 0.2 | −3.1±12.9 | 0.55 | |
| Exhaustion PP | FS | 109.7±22.7 | 98.5±17.7 | 94.3±17.5 | 94.2±17.9 | 0.43 | −15.5±13.5 | |
| FL | 97.6±26.1 | 96.7±22.1 | 91.2±12.0 | 92.2±12.2 | 0.03 | −5.4±23.6 | 0.2 | |
| 5 min rest PP | FS | 53.1±6.7 | 48.7±9.7 | 51.0±7.1 | 49.1±8.1 | 0.51 | −4.0±7.4 | |
| FL | 47.9±12.2 | 47.2±10.8 | 49.1±8.1 | 46.2±6.7 | 0.09 | −1.7±11.4 | 0.56 |
Values are means±SD. P<0.05: significant difference in mean change between the two regimes.
FL, long exercise bouts female; FS, short exercise bouts female; ML, long exercise bouts male; MS, short exercise bouts male; PP, pulse pressure.
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