Research Article
Combined Exercise Training Performed by Elderly Women Reduces Redox Indexes and Proinflammatory Cytokines Related to Atherogenesis
Table 2
Physical (
) and clinical characteristics of the TRAINED and SED groups. Significance level of
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| Characteristics | Volunteers () | | SED () | TRAINED () | value |
| Physical | | | | Age (year) | | | 0.257 | Height (m) | | | 0.543 | Weight (kg) | | | 0.005 | Body mass index (kg/m2) | | | 0.002 | Clinical ()# | | | | Type 2 diabetes mellitus | 6 | 4 | >0.05 | Dyslipidemia | 13 | 12 | >0.05 | Obesity | 4 | 3 | >0.05 | Arterial hypertension | 15 | 15 | >0.05 | Depression | 2 | 1 | >0.05 | Lifestyle | | | | Physical exercise training | | | | ≤2 times/week | 0 | 0 | >0.05 | ≥2 times/week | 0 | 27 | 0.0001 | Current alcohol use | 0 | 0 | | Smoking | | | | Current smoker | 1 | 1 | >0.05 |
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# = number of individuals. |