Effects of Organized Physical Activity on Selected Health Indices among Women Older than 55 Years

Table 1

Baseline subjects’ characteristics (mean ± SD); .

Age years	65.4 ± 7.3
Body height cm	159.7 ± 5.60
Body mass kg	69.1 ± 12.4
BMI	26.7 ± 4.7
Fat mass %	37.4 ± 6.4
Waist circumference cm	89.9 ± 11.9
Hip circumference cm	105.9 ± 8.8
WHR	0.85 ± 0.07
Systolic blood pressure mmHg	133.2 ± 16.7
Diastolic blood pressure mmHg	78.0 ± 8.0
Heart rate beats/min	83.1 ± 10.9
FVC L	2.85 ± 0.57
FVC %	113.8 ± 16.2
FEV1 L	2.21 ± 0.42
FEV %	106.4 ± 16.7
Tiffeneau index	0.78 ± 0.07
Tiffeneau index %	101.8 ±  9.3
Glucose mmol/L	5.24 ± 0.96
Total cholesterol mmol/L	5.60 ± 1.15
HDL cholesterol mmol/L	1.66 ± 0.38
LDL cholesterol mmol/L	3.46 ± 1.12
Triglycerides mmol/L	0.94 ± 0.43
hsCRP mmol/L	0.30 ± 0.36
Duration of test exercise s	294.4 ± 77.9
Maximal tolerated load MET	3.8 ± 0.5
Maximal tolerated load W	58.1 ± 12.2
10-year absolute CVD risk score %	5.3 ± 2.9

Note: WHR: waist to hip ratio; FVC: forced vital capacity; FEV1: forced expiratory volume in 1 second; FEV1/FVC: Tiffeneau-Pinelli index; TG: triglycerides; TC: total cholesterol; HDL-C: cholesterol high-density lipoprotein; LDL-C: cholesterol low-density lipoprotein; hsCRP: high sensitive C-reactive protein; CVD: cardiovascular diseases.