Long-Term Exercise and Risk of Metabolic and Cardiac Diseases: The Erlangen Fitness and Prevention Study

Table 4

Changes of modifiable CHD risk factors constituting the metabolic and cardiac risk scores.

Parameter	Exercise; MV (SD); 𝑛=51	Control; MV (SD); 𝑛=43	Absolute difference; MV (95% CI)	P	Effect size (d)
Waist circumference (cm)	7.43±5.42	11.33±5.26	3.90 (1.70 to 6.09)	0.001	0.73
RR-MAP (mmHg)	−3.22±5.11	4.65±6.31	7.87 (5.53 to 10.21)	0.001	1.37
Glucose (mg/dL)	−2.80±6.40	0.09±7.89	2.90 (−0.03 to 5.82)	0.052	0.40
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	−0.1±22.7	10.9±24.9	11.1 (1.34 to 20.85)	0.026	0.46
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	11.9±22.1	18.5±22.2	6.6 (3.9 to 27.5)	0.157	0.30
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	7.37±6.96	1.07±8.22	6.30 (2.3 to 10.30)	0.001	0.83