Effects of Adiposity and Prader-Willi Syndrome on Postexercise Heart Rate Recovery

Table 1

Participant demographics and characteristics, presented as frequencies and mean ± SD.

	NW	OB	PWS
Frequency	16	18	11
Male/female	7/9	12/6	8/3
Age (y)	9.4 ± 1.1^‡	9.3 ± 1.1^‡	11.4 ± 2.5
Pubertal stage (Tanner)
I	9	9	3
II	4	5	2
III	3	3	2
IV	0	0	2
V	0	0	1
Body mass (kg)	32.76 ± 5.58	53.18 ± 13.31*	57.70 ± 22.67*
Body mass index 𝑧-score	−0.1 ± 0.6	2.0 ± 0.5*	1.7 ± 0.7*
Waist circumference (cm)	60.7 ± 4.4	85.3 ± 11.9*	84.1 ± 17.8*
Trunk fat (%)	16.7 ± 5.1	42.9 ± 7.8*	43.5 ± 8.4*
Fat mass (%)	18.7 ± 4.6	41.2 ± 7.5*	43.4 ± 8.2*
Lean mass (%)	78.1 ± 4.3	57.0 ± 7.2*	54.8 ± 7.8*
Lean mass (kg)	25.32 ± 3.91	29.31 ± 4.42	30.91 ± 11.92
Resting heart rate (bpm)	86 ± 10	80 ± 9	81 ± 13
Resting SBP (mm Hg)	99 ± 9	106 ± 11	113 ± 12*
Resting DBP (mm Hg)	60 ± 12	69 ± 11*	68 ± 6

Values are significant at P < 0.050; *different than NW; ^‡different than PWS. Pubertal status was not obtained from one OB and one PWS.