Physical Activity, Aerobic Capacity, and Total Antioxidant Capacity in Healthy Men and in Men with Coronary Heart Disease
Table 1
Age, selected anthropometric and biochemical characteristics, cigarette smoking, and blood pressure in men with CHD and in their peers without CHD.
Variable
Group I (CHD patients) n = 90
Group II (without CHD) n = 90
Age (years)
56.63 ± 7.64
56.79 ± 7.45
Body mass (kg)
85.9 ± 12.3*
82.5 ± 12.9
BMI (kg·m−2)
28.7 ± 3.7‡
26.8 ± 3.6
Waist circumference (cm)
101.4 ± 9.8‡
94.3 ± 10.0
WHR
0.97 ± 0.05‡
0.93 ± 0.06
Percentage of body fat
25.5 ± 5.2‡
23.0 ± 5.7
Past smokers (% of )
78.9‡
55.6
Current smokers (% of )
15.6
13.3
SBP (mmHg)
126.9 ± 14.1
127.3 ± 13.1
DBP (mmHg)
82.1 ± 8.7
82.2 ± 8.5
TC (mg·dL−1)
187.2 ± 45.2‡
219.7 ± 46.2
LDL-C (mg·dL−1)
111.0 ± 38.7‡
145.7 ± 43.0
HDL-C (mg·dL−1)
46.2 ± 10.2*
49.9 ± 11.4
TC/HDL-C ratio
4.15 ± 1.26*
4.62 ± 1.41
TG (mg·dL−1)
154.5 ± 108.4
122.2 ± 52.2
Glucose (mg·dL−1)
104.7 ± 32.4
98.7 ± 15.3
UA (mg·dL−1)
6.11 ± 1.33
6.10 ± 1.22
, as compared to the healthy subjects. BMI: body mass index, WHR: waist-to-hip ratio, SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, TC: total cholesterol, LDL-C: low density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C: high density lipoprotein cholesterol, TG: triglycerides, UA: uric acid, and CHD: coronary heart disease.