Research Article
Feasibility and Health Effects of a 15-Week Combined Exercise Programme for Sedentary Elderly: A Randomised Controlled Trial
Table 1
Subject characteristics at baseline.
| | | TG (n = 30) | CG (n = 15) | Between-group | | | baseline | baseline | P-value |
| | Men/women (n) | 13/17 | 7/8 | | | Age (years) | 71 ± 6 | 70 ± 6 | 0.620 | | Weight (kg) | 77.6 ± 17.0 | 81.8 ± 10.3 | 0.307 | | Height (cm) | 168.0 ± 8.7 | 173.4 ± 8.3 | 0.050 | | Body Mass Index (kg/m2) | 27.4 ± 5.2 | 27.3 ± 3.4 | 0.931 | | Total fat percentage | 34.5 ± 8.8 | 35.9 ± 9.7 | 0.628 | | Total fat mass (kg) | 27.6 ± 11.2 | 29.6 ± 10.1 | 0.549 | | Android fat mass (kg) | 2.7 ± 1.3 | 2.9 ± 1.0 | 0.715 | | Gynoid fat mass (kg) | 4.7 ± 1.8 | 5.1 ± 2.0 | 0.585 | | Total muscle mass (kg) | 46.4 ± 9.0 | 48.3 ± 9.0 | 0.503 | | Leg muscle mass (kg) | 15.5 ± 3.3 | 16.4 ± 3.6 | 0.424 | | Total bone mineral density (g/cm2) | 1.149 ± 0.154 | 1.187 ± 0.112 | 0.406 | | Total bone mineral content (kg) | 2.643 ± 0.707 | 2.919 ± 0.615 | 0.205 |
| | Resting heart rate (bpm) | 62 ± 9 | 60 ± 7 | 0.647 | | Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 137 ± 15 | 136 ± 17 | 0.901 | | Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 77 ± 9 | 79 ± 7 | 0.417 | | Mean arterial blood pressure (mmHg) | 97 ± 10 | 98 ± 9 | 0.692 |
| | (mLO2/min) | 1598 ± 76 | 1739 ± 24 | 0.380 | | (mLO2/min/kg) | 20.7 ± 4.7 | 21.3 ± 5.7 | 0.718 | | VEpeak (L/min) | 70.6 ± 25.0 | 74.4 ± 15.0 | 0.628 | | Time to exhaustion (s) | 384 ± 107 | 421 ± 116 | 0.307 |
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Data are presented as mean ± SD. TG: training group. CG: control group. denotes significant difference between TG and CG (P<0.05). |
