Research Article
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 | value | 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* |
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The chi-square test was used to examine the homogeneity. *The -test was used to examine the homogeneity.
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