Improved Left Ventricular Diastolic Function with Exercise Training in Hypertension: A Doppler Imaging Study
Table 3
Cardiopulmonary exercise test parameters and clinical characteristics at baseline and after 6 months in the 2 patient groups.
Exercise group
Control group
-value
Baseline
6 months
Baseline
6 months
(ml × kg-1× min-1)
14.1 (1.5)
16.5 (2.1)
13.9 (1.6)
13.6 (2.2)
.008
%
50.3 (2.1)
60.4 (2.6)
47.6 (3.8)
46.8 (4.2)
.013
(W)
67.4 (8.2)
76.9 (6.3)
66.8 (7.8)
67.3 (8.2)
.029
AT (W)
61.3 (6.9)
71.0 (7.7)
60.8 (7.4)
60.6 (8.1)
.017
(ml × kg-1× min-1)
11.2 (2.9)
13.2 (2.7)
11.4 (3.1)
10.9 (2.8)
.003
tAT (s)
6.7 (0.8)
8.2 (1.0)
7.0 (0.7)
6.9 (0.9)
.011
SBPrest (mmHg)
138 (14)
136 (15)
140 (13)
138 (14)
.271
DBPrest (mmHg)
78 (13)
80 (15)
76 (15)
75 (16)
.295
HRrest
74.5 (6.1)
71.6 (5.5)
72.6 (7.1)
72.9 (6.4)
.024
BMI (Kg/m2)
24.7 (3.6)
23.8 (4.0)
23.8 (3.0)
23.7 (3.1)
.442
: peak oxygen cousumption; %: the percentage of actual in the predicted value; : maximal workload; AT: ventilatory anaerobic threshold; : oxygen consumption at anaerobic threshold; tAT: time from beginning to anaerobic threshold; SBPrest: systolic blood pressure at rest; DBPrest: diastolic blood pressure at rest; HRrest: heart rate at rest; BMI: body mass index.