Item

Baseline

After CR

Change

Men

Women

p-value

Men

Women

p-value

Men

Women

p-value

Resting SBP (mmHg)

113.2±19.5

115.2±21.4

0.522

114.7±16.1

116.6±16.6

0.448

1.5±21.4

1.4±26.5

0.606

Post-exercise SBP (I) (mmHg)

148.5±13.2

133.8±20.1

0.110

138.2±20.8

129.6±24.7

0.018

-10.3±13.9

-4.2±25.8

0.381

Peak heart rate (I) (min -1)

130.5±22.6

126.7±23.8

0.264

131.2±22.5

123.2±23.9

0.024

0.7±23.5

-3.5±24.8

0.397

Heart rate recovery (I) (min -1)

112.0±20.8

108.6±16.4

0.232

111.8±21.5

102.5±27.4

0.020

-0.2±24.3

-6.1±28.3

0.174

Peak exercise O2 (mL/kg/min)

43.1±15.4

26.1±16.5

0.119

34.0±23.6

24.2±19.8

0.002

-9.1±16.8

-10.9±21.2

0.395

Metabolic equivalent unit (mets)

10.2±9.5

6.9±2.7

< 0.001

9.3±2.8

6.3±2.2

< 0.001

-0.9±9.8

-0.7±3.1

0.826


Data are presented as mean ± SD
SBP: Systolic Blood Pressure
Table 3: Cardiovascular parameters before and after attending a cardiac rehabilitation program.