The Effect of Baduanjin on Promoting the Physical Fitness and Health of Adults

Table 2

Baseline characteristics of participants in intervention and control groups.

Characteristic	Intervention	Control	𝑡 value	𝑃 value
Male	17	19		0.420^#
Female	38	36
Age	35.5 (16.0)	32.9 (13.0)	0.944	0.347*
BMI	23.2 (3.3)	22.5 (3.1)	1.162	0.248*
TG (mmol/L)	1.06 (0.58)	1.11 (0.96)	−0.337	0.737*
TC (mmol/L)	4.54 (0.99)	4.30 (0.82)	1.372	0.173*
LDL (mmol/L)	2.86 (0.86)	2.62 (0.72)	1.513	0.133*
HDL (mmol/L)	1.59 (0.40)	1.54 (0.35)	0.688	0.493*
Weight (kg)	63.5 (11.2)	61.4 (11.8)	0.939	0.350*
Chest (cm)	89.9 (7.7)	88.8 (8.0)	0.683	0.496*
Waist (cm)	83.1 (10.1)	79.9 (10.6)	1.580	0.117*
Hip (cm)	94.8 (7.4)	94.5 (5.7)	0.276	0.783*
Inferior angle of the scapula (mm)	17.7 (5.0)	16.2 (4.9)	1.632	0.106*
Triceps (mm)	17.0 (6.2)	15.4 (5.0)	1.511	0.134*
Abdomen (mm)	19.2 (5.8)	16.4 (5.4)	2.568	0.012*
Systolic (mmHg)	117.3 (12.3)	114.4 (13.3)	1.079	0.284*
Diastolic (mmHg)	75.4 (8.8)	71.0 (8.7)	2.335	0.022*
Mean R-R (ms)	857.1 (114.4)	827.1 (134.4)	1.256	0.212*
LF%	47.2 (22.6)	45.8 (20.7)	0.326	0.745*
HF%	172.0 (905.1)	54.6 (20.4)	0.961	0.339*
LF/HF	1.5 (1.7)	1.4 (2.0)	0.105	0.917*
VC (L)	3,091.6 (1,011.4)	3,120.4 (791.4)	−0.163	0.871*
FVC (L)	3.1 (1.0)	3.1 (0.8)	−0.145	0.885*
FEV1 (L)	3.0 (1.0)	2.8 (0.7)	0.641	0.523*
FEV1%	90.8 (6.8)	87.5 (15.6)	1.360	0.177*
PEF (L/s)	5.9 (2.0)	6.1 (2.1)	−0.366	0.715*
PET (s)	1.5 (0.5)	1.8 (1.1)	−1.819	0.072*
SR (cm)	15.3 (8.7)	13.1 (11.2)	1.171	0.244*
ES (s)	39.8 (57.7)	29.4 (24.0)	1.211	0.229*
VO2max (mL/kg·min)	28.9 (10.4)	27.7 (7.7)	0.688	0.493*
HRmax (1/min)	161.1 (32.9)	170.1 (18.7)	−1.744	0.084*
VEmax (L/min)	60.9 (28.9)	56.7 (15.5)	0.946	0.346*
SDS	41.5 (11.1)	47.9 (12.0)	−2.900	0.005*

#The chi-square test was used to examine the homogeneity. *The 𝑡-test was used to examine the homogeneity.