Clinical Study

Effects of Exercise Domain and Intensity on Sleep in Women and Men with Overweight and Obesity

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of all randomized participants and the participants included in the per protocol analyses.

CharacteristicsAll randomizedCONBIKEMODVIG

Number of participants13016223024
Age (years)34 (7)35 (7)35 (7)32 (7)37 (7)
Gender (women/men)68/627/912/1015/1513/11
Anthropometric variables
 Body weight (kg)89.9 (12.5)93.2 (11.8)90.2 (12.5)89.7 (11.0)91.2 (13.1)
 Body mass index (kg/m2)29.6 (2.6)30.1 (2.3)30.1 (3.3)29.3 (2.0)29.8 (2.3)
 Fat (%)39.0 (7.5)39.0 (6.8)38.4 (8.3)37.8 (7.8)38.8 (6.6)
 Waist circumference (cm)94.0 (1.0)97.5 (8.3)94.6 (10.8)93.0 (9.0)94.7 (9.4)
 Android fat (%)48.8 (6.2)49.2 (5.6)48.8 (6.7)48.1 (6.5)48.8 (5.0)
Exercise test variables
 VO2peak (ml/kg/min)29.1 (4.9)29.3 (6.5)29.8 (4.5)29.5 (4.5)28.9 (4.8)
 Maximal heart rate (bpm)184 (10.9)186 (14)185 (11)185 (8)182 (12)

Data are shown as mean (standard deviation). BIKE, active commuting group; bpm, beats per minute; CON, control group; MOD, moderate intensity exercise group; VIG, vigorous intensity exercise group; VO2, oxygen uptake.