Excessive Exercise Habits in Marathoners as Novel Indicators of Masked Hypertension

Table 3

Exercise characteristics of the subjects.

Factor	NBPG	HBPG	Total	value
	Marathon history (month)					0.001
Marathons completed (number of times)				0.805
Marathon completion durations (min)				0.031
Exercise intensity (Borg’s RPE scale)				0.007
Exercise duration (min/day)				0.021
Exercise frequency (times/week)				0.683

The values are presented as mean ± standard deviation or percentage (number). NBPG, normal blood pressure group; HBPG, high blood pressure group; RPE, rate of perceived exertion; different from NBPG at , different from NBPG at .