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

Table 5

Comparison of body function indices.

Characteristic	Baseline				Follow-up				Posttest-pretest scores
	Intervention		Control		Intervention		Control		Intervention-control
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	95% CI		𝑡 value	𝑃 value
Systolic (mmHg)	113.0	7.2	111.0	10.5	110.4	8.8	111.0	10.0	−0.4	−6.3	5.6	−0.119	0.905
Diastolic (mmHg)	73.8	7.4	70.6	8.3	72.3	8.9	74.9	6.9	−4.7	−9.3	−0.1	−2.015	0.048
Mean R-R (ms)	860.2	115.3	827.1	134.4	851.4	121.2	815.9	135.7	2.4	−53.5	58.4	0.086	0.931
LF%	48.6	19.4	45.8	20.7	52.2	18.0	52.7	21.1	−3.2	−13.8	7.5	−0.588	0.558
HF%	51.0	19.5	54.6	20.4	47.9	17.9	47.3	21.1	4.4	−6.2	15.1	0.827	0.411
LF/HF	1.5	1.7	1.4	2.0	1.6	1.5	1.7	1.4	−0.2	−1.1	0.7	−0.434	0.666
VC (L)	2897.4	914.4	3120.4	791.4	2996.9	987.3	3192.7	686.6	53.7	−84.1	191.5	0.774	0.441
FVC (L)	2.9	0.9	3.1	0.8	2.9	0.9	3.1	0.6	0.0	−0.2	0.2	−0.060	0.952
FEV1 (L)	2.8	0.9	2.8	0.7	2.6	0.9	2.7	0.6	−0.1	−0.3	0.1	−0.873	0.385
FEV1%	90.6	7.4	90.1	6.6	87.8	10.6	85.7	10.3	−0.6	−4.7	3.5	−0.280	0.780
PEF (L/s)	5.6	1.8	6.1	2.1	4.9	1.8	5.2	2.3	0.3	−0.3	0.9	0.910	0.365
PET (s)	1.5	0.5	1.8	1.1	1.7	0.6	1.9	0.7	0.1	−0.2	0.5	0.876	0.383