Effects of High Intensity Interval versus Moderate Continuous Training on Markers of Ventilatory and Cardiac Efficiency in Coronary Heart Disease Patients
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics among groups.
Variables
CG ()
MIT ()
HIT ()
value
Demographic characteristics
Age (yrs)
64 ± 12
62 ± 12
56 ± 12
0.07
Weight (Kg)
76 ± 13
74 ± 15
78 ± 19
0.73
Height (cm)
169 ± 9
167 ± 6
169 ± 9
0.66
Body mass index (Kg/m2)
26.9 ± 4.4
26.8 ± 4.8
27.5 ± 5.9
0.89
Male (%)
76
66
63
0.73
Ejection fraction (%)
67 ± 10
60 ± 14
63 ± 12
0.16
Medications (%)
Beta-blocker
83
92
78
0.43
Diuretic
54
50
35
0.37
Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor
17
42
26
0.15
Antialdosterone
12
21
17
0.74
Statin
87
83
83
0.88
Calcium channel blockers
8
0
4
0.35
Nitrate
21
62
52
0.01
Medical history (%)
Diabetes
25
25
30
0.88
Hypertension
75
67
61
0.58
Smoking
17
17
13
0.88
Dyslipidemia
67
58
52
0.59
Myocardial infarction
62
62
43
0.31
Ischemic heart disease
54
58
43
0.57
Interventions (%)
Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, stenting or both
96
92
83
0.3
Myocardial revascularization
83
67
65
0.3
Plus-minus values are means ± SD. HIIT denotes high intensity interval training. MIT denotes moderate intensity training. CG denotes control group. Denotes differences from control group ( < 0.05). values of the ANOVA.
