Table 1. Baseline participants characteristics. Data is shown as mean (standard deviation). |
| Characteristics |
Excluded subjects |
Included subjects |
p† |
p‡ |
| (n = 93)* |
RT (n = 8) |
NW (n = 7) |
C (n = 8) |
| Age (years) |
53.9 (6.4) |
55.0 (6.9) |
56.6 (8.3) |
58.1 (5.1) |
.650 |
.079 |
| BMI (kg·m-2) |
29.7 (3.4) |
33.3 (1.2) |
29.9 (3.5) |
27.6 (2.4) |
.107 |
.550 |
| BFP (%) |
25.3 (5.4)§ |
24.3 (2.0) |
26.1 (3.7) |
20.4 (6.6) |
.085 |
.154 |
| VO2peak (ml·kg-1·min-1) |
30.8 (6.6)†– |
28.8 (5.9) |
28.2 (4.7) |
32.9 (8.3) |
.529 |
.432 |
|
RT = resistance training group, NW = Nordic walking group, C = control group, BMI= Body mass index, BFP = Body fat percentage VO2peak = peak oxygen uptake. |
*Subject who completed the randomized controlled trial, but had incomplete physical activity data to be included in this study, |
† p-value between the included subjects groups, |
‡ p-value between the excluded subject and the included subjects, |
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