Table 1 Baseline characteristics of exercise and control groups

Age (yrs)

41 ± 8

42 ± 8

0.460

Weight (kg)

68.5 ± 12.1

66.4 ± 13.2

0.659

BMI

25.9 ± 4.4

26 ± 4.1

0.777

Diastolic BP (mm Hg)

73 ± 10

69 ± 9

0.569

Systolic BP (mm Hg)

118 ± 12

106 ± 10

0.082

Resting heart rate (bpm)

66 ± 9

67 ± 11

0.821

Peak heart rate (bpm)

179 ± 14

182 ± 11

0.893

Time to exhaustion (min)

11.1 ± 3.5

10.7 ± 2.1

0.796

VO_{2 peak} (L·min^-1)

2.31 ± 0.65

2.00 ± 0.58

0.244

VO_{2 peak} (mL·kg·min^-1)

33.7 ± 8.8

35.5 ± 8.6

0.593

2 min oxygen consumption (L·min^-1)

1.6 ± 0.49

1.3 ± 0.35

0.099

2 min oxygen consumption (mL·kg·min^-1)

23.1 ± 5.2

20.4 ± 4.6

0.202

4 min oxygen consumption (L·min^-1)

1.6 ± 0.36

1.4 ± 0.40

0.524

4 min oxygen consumption (mL·kg·min^-1)

23.9 ± 4.5

23.0 ± 4.5

0.200

Past exercise (Godin arbitary units)

6.5 ± 4

7.5 ± 5.5

0.893

Total Cholesterol (mmol/L)

5.13 ± 1.0

4.97 ± 0.9

0.728

Glucose (mmol/L)

5.04 ± 0.50

5.11 ± 0.52

0.763

C-reactive protein (mg/L)

3.05 ± 4.37

3.16 ± 4.73

0.689

Interleukin-6 (pg/mL)

3.21 ± 0.91

3.26 ± 1.08

0.479

TNF-α (pg/L)

12.07 ± 3.27

9.84 ± 2.59

0.082