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Table 1 Participant baseline characteristics

From: Equipment-free, unsupervised high intensity interval training elicits significant improvements in the physiological resilience of older adults

 

L-HIIT (n = 10)

H-HIIT (n = 10)

CON (n = 10)

Age (years)

70 (5)

71 (4)

71 (7)

Male / Female

5/5

3/7

6/4

BMI

26 (3)

25 (3)

26 (1)

AT

13.40 (4)

14.90 (6)

14.27 (3)

VO 2 peak

26.37 (8)

25.47 (8)

28.05 (4)

SBP

127 (14)

126 (10)

128 (11)

DBP

73 (7)

68 (12)

77 (7)

Total Cholesterol

5.1 (1.5)

5.7 (0.9)

5.1 (0.7)

Co-morbidities

   

− BPH

1

-

-

− HTN

2

2

2

− Asthma

-

1

1

− Depression

-

1

-

− OA

-

1

3

− HCL

-

1

1

− Hypothyroidism

-

-

1

Medications

   

− Alpha-blocker

1

-

-

− ACE-inhibitor

2

1

1

− Statins

-

1

1

− Ca + channel blocker

-

1

1

− SSRI

-

1

-

− Thyroxine

-

-

1

− Beta-2 adrenergic receptor agonist

-

1

1

  1. Data depicts mean (SD) or for co-morbidities and medication class. Abbreviations: L-HIIT, laboratory (supervised) high intensity interval training; H-HIIT, home-based (unsupervised) HIIT; CON, no-intervention control group; BMI, body mass index (kg/m2); AT, anaerobic threshold (ml/kg/min); VO2 peak, peak oxygen uptake (ml/kg/min); SBP, systolic blood pressure (mmHg); DBP, diastolic BP; BPH, benign prostatic hyperplasia; HTN, hypertension; HCL, hypercholesterolaemia; OA, osteoarthritis; ACE, angiotensin converting enzyme; Ca+, calcium; SSRI, serotonin re-uptake inhibitor. There were no significant differences between groups in any numerical parameter