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Table 1 Anthropometric and vascular function parameters at baseline and changes after 12 weeks

From: Effectiveness of HIIT compared to moderate continuous training in improving vascular parameters in inactive adults

 

Groups

Within-Group Change Mean (SE)

Between-Group Difference in Change Mean (95% CI)

MCT effect p value (Effect size)

HIT effect p value (Effect size)

Baseline Mean (SD)

After 12 weeks Mean (SD)

MCT (n = 10)

HIT (n = 11)

MCT (n = 9)

HIT (n = 11)

MCT (n = 9)

HIT (n = 11)

Anthropometric

 Weight, kg

69.3 (15.3)

66.8 (10.9)

68.6 (13.5)

66.7 (10.5)

0.6 (0.6)

0.1 (0.4)

0.5 (−1.2 to 2.2)

0.341 (0.338)

0.717 (0.112)

 Body mass index, kg/m2

23.6 (3.6)

25.5 (4.2)

23.4 (1.2)

24.4 (4.2)

0.2 (0.2)

1.1 (0.9)

−0.9 (−3.3 to 1.4)

0.393 (0.301)

0.274 (0.349)

Vascular function

 Dbase, mm

2.9 (0.5)

2.7 (0.4)

3.1 (0.4)

3.0 (0.4)

0.2 (0.1)

0.3 (0.1)

−0.1 (−0.2 to 0.1)

0.278 (0.388)

0.043 (0.699)

 FMD, %

7.1 (3.2)

7.2 (5.6)

6.1 (6.5)

9.1 (5.2)

−1.0 (2.1)

1.8 (1.8)

2.9 (−3.0 to 8.8)

0.634 (0.165)

0.341 (0.301)

Dpeak mm

3.1 (0.6)

2.9 (0.4)

3.3 (0.5)

3.3 (0.5)

0.1 (0.1)

0.3 (0.1)

0.1 (0.0 to 0.3)

0.193 (0.474)

0.036 (0.732)

Ddiff

0.2 (0.1)

0.1 (0.1)

0.2 (0.2)

0.2 (0.1)

0.0 (0.0)

0.1 (0.0)

0.1 (−0.1 to 0.3)

0.805 (0.085)

0.168 (0.449)

 FMDn, %

6.5 (2.8)

7.4 (5.6)

4.9 (5.4)

8.1 (4.7)

−1.5 (1.9)

0.6 (1.6)

2.2 (−3.2 to 7.7)

0.451 (0.264)

0.693 (0.123)

 PWV, m·s−1

6.7 (0.8)

7.1 (1.1)

6.8 (0.9)

6.7 (1.6)

−0.1 (-0.2)

0.4 (-0.2)

0.4 (− 0.2 to − 0.7)

0.800 (0.087)

0.130 (0.497)

 AIx (aortic), %

16.5 (5.2)

25.1 (16.5)

16.5 (8.4)

26.3 (14.6)

0.0 (2.7)

1.1 (2.1)

−1.1 (−3.5 to 1.3)

0.991 (0.004)

0.617 (0.156)

 AIx (brachial), %

−41.7 (10.4)

−24.5 (32.7)

− 41.7 (16.5)

−22.3 (28.9)

0.0 (5.4)

−2.2 (4.2)

−2.2 (− 6.8 to 2.4)

0.998 (0.001)

0.619 (0.155)

  1. Data are presented as mean and standard deviation (SD) or standard error (SE). D, Diameter; FMD, Flow-mediated vasodilation; FMDn, Normalized flow-mediated vasodilation; PWV, Pulse wave velocity; AIx, Augmentation index. Bold values denotes significant differences at level p < 0.05